by the orange asshole agreeing to meet with kim, kim just got what he always wanted.

[Javaman]

to be treated like an equal power.

the orange asshole just fucked up and rewarded bad behavior.

it's becoming glaringly apparent that the only way the orange asshole ever knew how to "negotiate" anything, was through thuggery and intimidation. then ghost writing a crappy a book about it which he probably never read himself.

[Wounded Bear]

1. And why not?

Nobody has ever punished Trump for bad behavior, so he feels affinity to the dictator of the world.

[Javaman]

2. yup! nt

[B2G]

3. What alternative do you recommend? nt

[Javaman]

5. not agree to meet with kim. but that would require having an actual state dept and

and actual diplomatic corps.

They have 3rd party talks via go between like South Korea.

you know how things are usual done.

more over, if you even think there is a slim possibility that NK is going to give up their nukes I have a bridge to sell you very cheap.

this has zero to do with nukes, this has everything to do with the NK's, China and russia showing the world who is in charge and how easy the orange asshole is to be played.

[B2G]

7. Wasn't there an explosion over there awhile back?

I'm starting to wonder if that has something to do with all of this. Maybe Kim took out his own nuclear arsenal for us.

Would explain the sudden interest in negotiating.

Don't get me wrong, I don't trust them as far as I could throw them.

[Javaman]

8. no, it has zero to do with that.

this is a massive chess game and right now china, russia and NK are making aggressive moves while the U.S. is asleep.

with the orange asshole so enamored of dictators and their ilk, he jumps at the chance of rubbing elbows so he can feel "presidential".

it's all about image to the idiot.

and NK and their freinds know this well. they will play him like a harp.

[democratisphere]

4. drumpf actually wants to be KJU.

[Phoenix61]

6. I find the timing interesting

Putin orders a hit on a counterspy in England and now Kim is all nicey-nicey. Makes a girl wonder.

[world wide wally]

9. Trump admires dictators, so he feels honored to be invited

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Exactly. Once again, Dolt 45 is being played like a Stradivarius.

All Kim has to do is flatter him with an elaborate state dinner, show him a yuge, beautiful military parade, and award him some kind of flashy gilded medal he can take home and show off, and .45 will fold like a cheap lawn chair. Since Kim will be .45's BFF instead of Little Rocket Man, .45 will brag that he, and he alone, was finally able to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula - something no previous president (*cough* Obama *cough*) was able to do! Meanwhile Kim will get to keep all the nukes and will show the rest of the world how easy it was to play Donald "Strad" Trump by calling him a dotard and tossing a few ICBMs toward Guam.

[B2G]

11. I'd actually be surprised if they meet in North Korea.

South Korea seems more likely. We'll see.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Probably Panmunjom, which is neutral, but there's not much there.

How can Kim throw an adequately Trump-flattering party and parade in neutral territory?