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Old 06-12-2018, 09:27 AM
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They got their photo op, at what cost?
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Old 06-12-2018, 10:03 AM
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They got their photo op, at what cost?
Dignity of civilized democracies.
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Old 06-12-2018, 11:43 AM
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How Trump lost the summit before the photographers even left the room
By Jennifer Rubin

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...left-the-room/

The spectacle of the murderous dictator Kim Jong Un on equal footing with the president of the United States — each country’s flag represented, a supposedly “normal” diplomatic exchange between two nuclear powers — was enough to turn democracy lovers’ stomachs. President Trump naturally made things worse. He gushed: “It’s my honor, and we will have a terrific relationship, I have no doubt.”

An honor to meet the man who maintains slave labor camps, who periodically attacks the ships of our ally South Korea and whose regime is responsible for the death of Otto Warmbier? That should stun Warmbier’s parents — and every decent human being. Trump envisions a “terrific” relationship with a country that conducts mass hacking, is arguably the worst human rights violator, threatens us with nuclear weapons, detains our people and seeks the reunification of the Korean peninsula under its rule of terror. Imagine if President Barack Obama traveled to Iran, shook Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s hand, proclaimed it was a great honor and spoke about his conviction that Iran and the United States would have a terrific relationship. John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, among others, would have had a conniption.

Trump’s impulsive decision to have a summit and his insatiable need for attention provided Kim with a historic victory that no other U.S. president has handed to a North Korean leader. With not a single bomb dismantled or a single gram of fissile material shipped out of the country, Kim got more than he could have dreamed of — and all before the photographers departed.

It went downhill from there.
It is Jennifer who went downhill.

Previous admins left Trump with a very bad hand. There is a good chance that his unorthodox approach might work.
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Old 06-12-2018, 12:26 PM
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Sure is quiet around here.
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Old 06-12-2018, 12:32 PM
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Sure is quiet around here.
You must have missed several posts. If you actually think Donny has accomplished anything positive for the USA, you’re as foolish as Whell.
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Old 06-12-2018, 12:42 PM
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Did I say anything about "Donny" at all?
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Old 06-12-2018, 12:46 PM
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Did I say anything about "Donny" at all?
Did you miss the thread’s title?
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Old 06-12-2018, 12:48 PM
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Nope.



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Old 06-12-2018, 01:24 PM
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So, they both got got bragging rights for a really expensive photo op neither had to personally pay for.
Other than that, what's next?
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Old 06-12-2018, 01:49 PM
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Did I say anything about "Donny" at all?
You didn't say anything about ""whell" either, but that doesn't stop Chicklet from bloviating.

I'll never be homeless, 'cuz I'll always live rent free inside Chickie's poor little head.
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