My nickname for Trump is “The Unindicted Coconspirator “.
Realistically, what further good can come form the Singapore “summit?” I would estimate that there is no chance at all that Kim denuclearizes, or even makes anything but cosmetic moves in that direction. I suppose we can hope that continued dialog between North and South Korea accomplishes something.
Trump has set the stage for virtually anything we do in the Korean Peninsula to be labeled a provocation or a backing out of the “deal” by Kim Jon Un, particularly anything involving our military support and cooperation with South Korea. If Congress does anything to blunt the impact of Trumps reckless statement, KJU can just point to it as evidence of America’s untrustworthiness, and as an added bonus, Trump gets to complain about Congress messing up the great deal that he made with Kim.
This is why prior Presidents haven’t met with Kim. and why the real work of diplomacy happens among staffers, ahead of time, and over long periods of negotiations.
Where’s that <putz> smiley when I need it?
In all of our minds.
I didn’t know there were that many 99+ year old Korean War parents left.
“He’s not Hillary! He’s not Hillary! He’s not Hillary! Ohmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm”.
I can’t believe these idiots still stick to that mantra. We no longer have any allies. Strike that. In reality, because of Trump, the United States of America is no longer anyone’s ally and, sadly, is no longer united.
Trumps handwaves away questions from Fox News (Fox NEWS !) about Kim’s human rights records and executing political opponents by saying he’s just a smart, tough guy and other people do bad things too. But Canadian cheese quotas ? That shit just won’t stand !
Yeah, but it’s a tough country! And he was really young! I mean, who wouldn’t tie people to anti-aircraft guns, or feed them to dogs, in that same situation?
“Fake news” is now “the biggest enemy” of the United States in the world, says the most prominent purveyor of it. Russia? China? North Korea? ISIS? Global climate change? Pshaw: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/392026-trump-calls-fake-news-the-countrys-biggest-enemy
It’s interesting to note how Trump and his cronies have managed to completely twist the meaning of the expression, from something that was and is genuinely problematic (that is to say, fictional stories presented as factual & disseminated in order to further an agenda, or to give the Snopes guys a reason to live) into “any bit of news that I don’t personally believe in”, “any news I don’t agree with”, “any coverageof somebody I like which is not a quasi-hagiographical”. This because, of course, the side pushing hoaxes was accused of pushing hoaxes and immediately went into BothSidesDoIt overdrive.
I suppose it’s only logical than in a post-reality world ; we would move on to post-meaning.
I also really like how Trump writes that “500 days ago CNN would have begged for this meeting, it looked like war would break out” - Yeah, because **you **were suddenly threatening to start lobbing nukes on Twitter, you utter git !
I have to admit, if I absolutely had to execute a guy ; and I happened to have a very large calibre gun lying around… I mean, the sheer morbid curiosity of it, you know ? Plus you put it on pay-per-view and that’s a tax rebate right there !
Now, now, let’s not exaggerate. North Korea is becoming a very close ally.
It was just four days ago that Trump was complaining about how Justin Trudeau changed their supposed deal after Trump left. If Trump thinks he can’t trust Trudeau, why does he feel he can trust Kim? If Trump can’t read Trudeau, why should we believe he can read Kim?
You’re doing that thing… that thing that doesn’t work: trying to apply reason/logic to President PantsOnHead’s attempts at thinking.
You know the old saying, “It’s funny because it’s true”? Well, what you say is true, but it’s not funny.
Well, let’s find out. If they’re really a close ally, they’ll bomb Iran for us.
It’s really the least they could do, after Trump showed them that fancy video and all.
Surely you realize that Trump knew, in the first minute, that he could trust Kim. Because that’s what he does.
Guillotines, my friend, guillotines. They let you know that the job was done right.
“When I hold your head up to the crowd afterwards, try to wink with your left eye, okay?”
Trump salutes a North Korean general.
Sad! What an “amateur”!*
*Quoting noted reality television star, professional wrestling promoter, sometime businessman, and occasional president, Donald J. Trump.