Posted on 06/12/2018 8:35:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday weighed in on the Trump-Kim summit arguing that other presidents did not meet with North Korean leaders to avoid giving their dictatorships “prestige.”
“It's not as if other presidents couldn't have done this,” Tapper said of Trump's historic meeting with the North Korean leader. “It's that they didn't want to.”
Tapper, the host of CNN shows “The Lead” and “State of the Union,” prefaced his comments that past presidents decided not to meet for direct talks with North Korea because “the concern was, you don't want to give North Korea that kind of prestige.”
“You don't want to elevate them without having something guaranteed in terms of what they are actually willing to do, in terms of denuclearization, in terms of what Secretary of State Pompeo constantly refers to as ‘irreversible and verifiable denuclearization.’ ”
CNN's @jaketapper on the Trump-Kim summit: "It's not as if other presidents couldn't have done this, it's that they didn't want to” so as not to give North Korea a level of prestige without having something guaranteed in terms of denuclearization https://t.co/iWJES9DAKp pic.twitter.com/456gcJr1YJ
— CNN (@CNN) June 12, 2018
Tapper's comments come after President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday announced an agreement committing the U.S. to undesignated “security guarantees” in exchange for North Korea denuclearization.
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And, by implication, they were so much wiser than DJT.
They had much better insight into world affairs, and the advice of such luminaries as Maddie Albright.
What a donk. We were on course for nuclear blackmail because every admin kicked the can down the road. We all know if Obama would have done the meeting, Tapper would have worshiped him.
No, the concern from liberals today is that they don't want North Korea to give Donald Trump that kind of prestige.
-PJ
Hey Jake.....DACA.....but the Democrats blew the deal.
Hey Jake...Tax cuts....but the Democrats blew the deal.
Trump if he continues is going to win reelection and his coat tails will sweep Democrats out of office.
RE: Obama, Clinton, Bush...they could NOT have done this.
Didn’t Clinton give the Norks a reactor to play with?
Well, they didn't did they?
... but they didn’t.
Please shut the hell up ,you POS.
Hussein certainly could have done it. If, that is, he had the intelligence and savvy, the intuition and the experience that Donald Trump has. And one more thing that is important- the inclination. Any president since 1953 could have done it if he were Donald Trump.
“”It’s not as if other presidents couldn’t have done this”
Maybe. Maybe not. It is irrelevant. The point is they had their chance and they did not seriously deal with NK as Trump has.
I remember when Tapper was the 2nd coming of Tim Russert. What happened to him?
How can Tapper even have a job in journalism?
One more reason why the Establishment Media is flailing and collapsing.
Yeah, Jakie, I suppose your right. I guess Millard Fillmore COULD have put a man on the moon by the end of his decade.
The approach that Tapper is defending led to nuclear testing, missiles fired over Japan and other allies, and a threat to the west coast of the United States.
I think it’s worth trying an alternative approach now.
Sure, other Presidents COULD have taken this stance with the Kingdom of North Korea. But they didn’t. So Jake’s point is entirely moot.
The tide not taken at its flood leaves the hesitant floundering in the shoals and shallows.
Well, they didn’t. They were lazy cowards.
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