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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed May 16, 2018, 11:24 AM May 2018

As hopes for NK nuclear talks disintegrate, the internet reminds Trump he was warned

The world hoped this time was different. Some went so far as to say maybe it took a madman to cut a deal with another madman. But as President Donald Trump went further into negotiating a nuclear summit with North Korea, all the signs were there. And liberals from the start warned Trump he didn't know – and wasn't bothering to learn about – who he was dealing with. That he needed to prep for the summit, and prepare for the tricks Kim Jong-un would pull along the way. That North Korea has done this before. And Tuesday night, without warning, Kim Jong-un did it again.

North Korea's official state news agency announced late Tuesday night that it was suspending high level talks with South Korea over long-planned, annual military exercises with the U.S. And it threatened to cancel the nuclear summit with President Trump if U.S. demands didn't change.

Experts had warned this would happen. But Trump doesn't believe in experts. And he was too busy claiming "everyone" said he deserved a Nobel prize for his dealings with North Korea – which were minimal, South Korea took the lead – so he pushed ahead, believing his mere existence would solve the decades-old crisis.




Now, America under Trump once again looks weak, inexperienced, and embarrassed.

Here's what some are saying:




















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https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2018/05/as-hopes-for-north-korea-nuclear-talks-disintegrate-the-internet-reminds-trump-he-was-warned/
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As hopes for NK nuclear talks disintegrate, the internet reminds Trump he was warned (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
America under Trump once again looks weak, inexperienced, and embarrassed. Wounded Bear May 2018 #1
That Last Meme? Perfect! MineralMan May 2018 #2
I just keep going back to the last 8 years Proud Liberal Dem May 2018 #5
David Corn's is funny but this nailed it underpants May 2018 #3
Yes it does. Rorey May 2018 #7
This says it all. Rorey May 2018 #4
+1 Proud Liberal Dem May 2018 #6
StateDept completely blindsided by #NorthKorea? DBoon May 2018 #8

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,399 posts)
5. I just keep going back to the last 8 years
Wed May 16, 2018, 11:44 AM
May 2018

where Republicans almost daily accused President Obama of looking weak, apologetic, even though it was patently untrue. Back when we had a fully functional Federal Government, with superb State Department leadership from Hillary Clinton and John Kerry and we never once ended up on the brink of war with North Korea or anybody else and things were relatively peaceful and had improved relations again with entire world. Now, everything is a complete mess and is in shambles under Trump and Republicans seem to be cool with everything.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
7. Yes it does.
Wed May 16, 2018, 11:46 AM
May 2018

But 45 will never figure that out.

The name-calling of Kim by 45 will be epic if this summit thing falls apart.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
4. This says it all.
Wed May 16, 2018, 11:41 AM
May 2018

Ian MillhiserL: "It’s shocking that North Korea isn’t willing to take the same deal that Trump just broke with Iran."

DBoon

(22,350 posts)
8. StateDept completely blindsided by #NorthKorea?
Wed May 16, 2018, 11:51 AM
May 2018

You mean the State Dept that Trump has been dismantling?

The one he wants to eliminate as part of a deep state conspiracy?

Or does this tweet refer to the Russian State Department where Trump now gets his foreign policy advice

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