Huh, maybe Trudeau needs to get himself some Nukes. 
Yes, military occupation has worked well so far, let’s keep it going for another half century and check back in.
May, Macron & Merkel have nukes, but they didn’t get treated any better by Trump. I think you have to actually threaten to use it against the US to get any respect from Trump.
WillFarnaby, what military occupation?
They probably both agreed not to tamper with the Risk board.
Think the Iranians are taking notes?
According to a news clip of a Trump speech I saw on TV tonight having nice beaches where condos might be built will also get you on a fast track to executive diplomacy. What a fucking disgrace. At the same news conference Trump admirably spoke of how “tough” Kim was.
God damn I can only hope Republicans take an ass whooping in the midterms. I wish there was a party that could deliver one.
Of course they are.
Think Trump is thinking? Nope.
They absolutely are getting their asses whooped, right this very second, by the Workers’ Party of Korea.
It was the Chinese entry into the Korean war that resulted in the longest retreat of the US army far down into the south of Korea.
My father fought and walked every mile of that retreat starting from close to the Yalu river.
Great summary. Just to add that ripping up the substantive Iran deal shows how much the US follows up on nuclear agreements.
Whatever you call the presence of US forces in South Korea, you’re apparently in favor of continuing it for another half century since it is working so well, correct?
Has the DPRK launched any further attacks on the ROK, with whom they are still at war?
Yep. working quite well, actually.
I watched an interview of some Trumpist (Giuliani, I think) who referred to the “North Korean peninsula.” :smack: So Thumpy has a ready-made excuse — Fox & Friends forgot to tell him the Peninsula extends into South Korea.
And five minutes later:
Did the White House respond quickly to Snowboarder Bo’s request for details?
Or was this just Nitwit-in-Chief, incapable of even remembering the document he’d just signed, trying to add mystique to boilerplate already in the public record?
And get a load of those signatures! Any graphologists in the house?
“Humpty” and “Dumpty”.
In what way has it failed?
Kim used a Mont Blanc, Trump used a Sharpie. Interpret that as you wish.
A Sharpie leaves a bigger and wider line therefore it’s better. Plus it has the advantage of not poking eyes out.
How many people here remember when New Zealand declared themselves a nuclear-free zone?
This caused significant problems with their relationship with the US, because:
How would the US react to a NK demand that they allow NK inspectors onto every US ship that approaches Korea, so as to ensure that the US is meeting its obligations under the “Complete Denuclearization” agreement?
There’s also the issue of how to use the weapons you have available. A cruise missile launched from SK is a different beast to an ICBM launched from somewhere in the Pacific. For one, China is much less likely to interpret the cruise missile as an attack on China. Do you really want to be in a situation where you have to worry about what China will decide in the next 15-30 minutes when you’re trying to nuke NK?
I’m shocked, shocked, that Trump has an ignorant moron as an advisor.