Trump Can't Afford to Admit His Failures With North Korea

[homersapien 11,367]

The administration has no choice now but to carry on the pretense that the negotiations are proceeding favorably.

Think of the past few months of President Trump’s Korea policy as a drama, unfolding in multiple acts.

Act I: Trump impulsively agrees to meet North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Perhaps unaware that the North Koreans have sought such a summit meeting for decades, Trump boasts that he has extracted a major concession.

Act II: Trump gradually comes to appreciate that he has been duped. To prove that he’s a winner, not a fool, he begins to oversell the summit, promising that the denuclearization of North Korea is at hand.

Act III: The North Koreans issue a public statement refuting Trump’s boasts. No, they will not denuclearize. And oh, by the way, it’s Trump who must pay tribute to them, not the other way around: If he wants his summit, he should cancel joint U.S.–South Korean exercises.

We’re in Act IV right now—and Act V has yet to be written.

As of midday on May 16, the Trump administration was reacting to the embarrassment of Act III by denying that anything untoward has happened. Throughout his career, Trump has coped with failure by brazenly misrepresenting failure as success....

Read the rest at: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/05/trump-north-korea-summit/560621/

 

 

[NolaAuTiger 3,295]

Trump is such a failure. How in the hell did the democrats get their asses handed to them by him!!!!! Russia?

[augolf1716 21,109]

ogg

[homersapien 11,367]

2 hours ago, NolaAuTiger said:

Trump is such a failure. How in the hell did the democrats get their asses handed to them by him!!!!! Russia?

Read the piece?

If so, what exactly did you take issue with?

If not, wtf did you respond?

[NolaAuTiger 3,295]

16 minutes ago, homersapien said:

Read the piece?

If so, what exactly did you take issue with?

If not, wtf did you respond?

I responded to insinuate the overarching truth you have to face every day brother Homer.

[homersapien 11,367]

9 minutes ago, NolaAuTiger said:

I responded to insinuate the overarching truth you have to face every day brother Homer.

I'll take that as a "no", you didn't read it.  

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

22 minutes ago, NolaAuTiger said:

I responded to insinuate the overarching truth you have to face every day brother Homer.

yeah it's hard to admit failures by Trump on NK when there aren't any. Just wishful BS thinking

 

[homersapien 11,367]

13 hours ago, Proud Tiger said:

yeah it's hard to admit failures by Trump on NK when there aren't any. Just wishful BS thinking

 

I know you didn't read it.

[HVAU 673]

Well done article on the NK situation presented objectively.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/05/north-korea-denuclearization/560774/

[NolaAuTiger 3,295]

19 hours ago, homersapien said:

I'll take that as a "no", you didn't read it.  

No I did not. If you were someone who would give Trump an ounce of due credit, I’d be more inclined to read your articles. Unfortunately, your reflexive nature towards him won’t let you

[alexava 6,973]

Nobel prize! 

[kevon67 2,368]

Vox, The Atlantic, Clown News Network, Washington Composte,etc.......all the usual hit pieces.....as usual.....no need to read until all mistakes are removed.....which could take months?

[homersapien 11,367]

2 hours ago, kevon67 said:

Vox, The Atlantic, Clown News Network, Washington Composte,etc.......all the usual hit pieces.....as usual.....no need to read until all mistakes are removed.....which could take months?

Those are sources. Publishers.

If you want to attack "the hit pieces" you'll need to do that one article at time.  Point out the particulars that are wrong and why they are wrong.  It does help to have an attention span that can exceed 280 characters. 

Perhaps that's your problem.

 

[kevon67 2,368]

2 minutes ago, homersapien said:

Those are sources. Publishers.

If you want to attack "the hit pieces" you'll need to do that one article at time.  Point out the particulars that are wrong and why they are wrong.  

It does help to have an attention span that can exceed 280 characters.  Perhaps that's your problem.

 

Very kind of you to imply I have some sort of learning disability.

[homersapien 11,367]

2 hours ago, NolaAuTiger said:

No I did not. If you were someone who would give Trump an ounce of due credit, I’d be more inclined to read your articles. Unfortunately, your reflexive nature towards him won’t let you

If you aren't even going to read my posts, then I suggest you just ignore them.  Then you won't look so petty. 

[homersapien 11,367]

3 minutes ago, kevon67 said:

Very kind of you to imply I have some sort of learning disability.

I'm a kind person.  After all, I could just assume you were stupid.

[kevon67 2,368]

Trump hysteria has taken a toll on you old timer.....I'll pray for you?

[NolaAuTiger 3,295]

13 minutes ago, homersapien said:

If you aren't even going to read my posts, then I suggest you just ignore them.  Then you won't look so petty. 

I did ignore it. I only read the title. Is that ok?

[SaltyTiger 7,792]

50 minutes ago, homersapien said:

I'm a kind person.  After all, I could just assume you were stupid.

Who really cares about who you assume "stupid" Brother Homer. 

 

[SaltyTiger 7,792]

1 hour ago, kevon67 said:

Very kind of you to imply I have some sort of learning disability.

You are fine 67. Takes Vox 18 pages to say nothing.

[NolaAuTiger 3,295]

1 hour ago, kevon67 said:

Very kind of you to imply I have some sort of learning disability.

And yet they whine and complain about the very rhetoric they employ themselves.

[NolaAuTiger 3,295]

1 hour ago, homersapien said:

I'm a kind person.  After all, I could just assume you were stupid.

Kind people don’t have to resort to such a personal attestation. 

Im sure you’re ok in real life

[kevon67 2,368]

Pace yourself homer or you will be tuckered out by 2024?

[Mikey 16,578]

Trump's failures in North Korea? I suppose that refers to Trumps' failures as opposed to the resounding success of Obama, Bush and Clinton? LMAO! The only smidgen of success we've had with North Korea in over 50 years is due to Trump. These lefty articles are a HOOT!

[HVAU 673]

9 hours ago, Mikey said:

Trump's failures in North Korea? I suppose that refers to Trumps' failures as opposed to the resounding success of Obama, Bush and Clinton? LMAO! The only smidgen of success we've had with North Korea in over 50 years is due to Trump. These lefty articles are a HOOT!

You don't know what you're talking about.

https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/dprkchron

There have been starts and stops in this story for years.  Hopefully Trump can be an agent for positive change, but for goodness sakes research a bit before you make claims about how historic Trump's influence in the matter has been.