Trump Won't Visit DMZ On Asia Trip Because It's Becoming 'Cliche'

[DonViejo]

Source: Newsweek Magazine




BY JOHN HALTIWANGER ON 10/31/17 AT 12:45 PM

President Donald Trump will reportedly be skipping the infamous demilitarized zone between North and South Korea during his Asia tour next month — because it's "cliche."

A White House official confirmed Tuesday that Trump won't make the DMZ part of his 11-day tour, flouting a visit that has been a tradition for past presidents. He will instead visit Camp Humphreys, a military base about 40 miles south of the South Korean capital, Seoul. Trump is so far only the second commander-in-chief in three decades who hasn't gone to the zone.

Trump's team decided the DMZ visit is "becoming a bit of a cliche, frankly," a White House official told a Washington Post reporter, explaining the decision. Trump had apparently been flirting with the idea of checking out the DMZ, where he would have been stared down by North Korean soldiers. His visit would have likely been a significant event in his ongoing feud with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Kim and Trump have been trading threats of destroying each other's countries through most of the year, and have never spoken personally.

The DMZ is an enduring symbol of North Korea's antagonistic attitude toward other countries. It has separated North and South Korea for more than half a century, and keeps nearly all visitors outside of Kim's hermetic empire.

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[TeamPooka]

1. Coward. Now North Korea knows you're afraid to do what real presidents do.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. He'd soil himself...

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Bok...Bok...Bok!

[justhanginon]

4. Maybe his bone spur is acting up again. He can't remember

which foot so he'll just go with both of them hurting all of a sudden. His feet only seem to work when he is running away from serving his country.

[GentryDixon]

5. I wish I could like this comment like the old days.

Your comment is spot on.

[Ken Burch]

6. "And he already knows Harvey Levin, so what's the point?".

[thbobby]

7. It is very cliche

Trump will not meet with San Juan Mayor either. He evaded the draft. He will not personally confront or fire people.

I think Mueller may be safe because Trump is too afraid of confronting Rosenstein or firing him and all below him until he can find someone who will fire Mueller. Maybe Kelly would do the dirty work for him.

Trump is a terrified bully. Tough as shit when he is insulated from confrontation, but a wimpy coward about personally confronting someone. He is slightly braver stalking women, at least on a debate stage or with female children at a beauty pageant.

[Nitram]

8. Trump is afraid there'd be an attack to take him out.

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[Zorro]

15. I agree

Trump's a coward at heart. He's afraid Little Rocket Man will lob one over the border while he's there.

[Sunlei]

10. Mr Trump, you don't NEED a 30 million dollar "Asia Trip" sit in your lazy chair and look at pictures

make a phone call and blab about your "crowd size"

[AtheistCrusader]

11. Honestly, it's for the best.

Anything that keeps him far away from important issues, and conflict, the better for all of us.

[smirkymonkey]

12. He's A-SKEEERED!

Who's the big wuss now?

[Vinca]

13. The old bone spur must be acting up again.

[keithbvadu2]

16. Bone spur is better now.

[lark]

14. Liar! He's a 100% chickenshit.

He can dish it but he can't take it.

[Retrograde]

17. Or the secret service won't let him go there

I wouldn't put it past Kim Jong Un to try to lob a missal or two into the DMZ while he's there. It's a face-saving excuse.

[truthisfreedom]

19. Ding ding ding!

That’s it. He’s hosed the situation up so badly it’s way too dangerous now. In fact, he shouldn’t be within missile range.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Jimmy Carter insisted on traveling through the DMZ when he went to Pyongyang in 1994

To negotiate with Kim Il-sung on behalf of the Clinton administration. He and Rosalynn were the first in 43 years. felt it was important.