Trump Says He Will Not Talk to North Korea. Experts Fear He Will.

[CaliCat 3,957]

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/politics/trump-north-korea-extortion-money.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics&action=click&contentCollection=politics&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront

 

Trump Says He Will Not Talk to North Korea. Experts Fear He Will.

 

But if Mr. Trump’s tweet, in which he said, “talking is not the answer!,” seemed to reignite tensions with North Korea, it also revealed a paradox in how Asia experts view the crisis. Some fear less that Mr. Trump is going to start a war with Mr. Kim than that he is going to stumble into a risky, unpredictable dialogue with him.

The world’s attention has understandably focused on Mr. Trump’s saber-rattling threats against Mr. Kim — most dramatically, his promise to rain “fire and fury” on North Korea if Mr. Kim fired ballistic missiles at United States territory.

But a meeting between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim, these experts said, could open the door to ratifying North Korea’s nuclear status or scaling back America’s joint military exercises with South Korea. That could sunder American alliances with Japan and South Korea and play to the benefit of China, which has long advocated direct dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang.

[Jacque67 7,328]

4 minutes ago, CaliCat said:

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/politics/trump-north-korea-extortion-money.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics&action=click&contentCollection=politics&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront

 

Trump Says He Will Not Talk to North Korea. Experts Fear He Will.

 

But if Mr. Trump’s tweet, in which he said, “talking is not the answer!,” seemed to reignite tensions with North Korea, it also revealed a paradox in how Asia experts view the crisis. Some fear less that Mr. Trump is going to start a war with Mr. Kim than that he is going to stumble into a risky, unpredictable dialogue with him.

The world’s attention has understandably focused on Mr. Trump’s saber-rattling threats against Mr. Kim — most dramatically, his promise to rain “fire and fury” on North Korea if Mr. Kim fired ballistic missiles at United States territory.

But a meeting between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim, these experts said, could open the door to ratifying North Korea’s nuclear status or scaling back America’s joint military exercises with South Korea. That could sunder American alliances with Japan and South Korea and play to the benefit of China, which has long advocated direct dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang.

Mattis and Kelly need to keep this clown under control.

[CaliCat 3,957]

9 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

Mattis and Kelly need to keep this clown under control.

 

 

If they were to talk, the conversation would probably go something like this:

 

        [SNEERING AT EACH OTHER]

-       You look smaller in person, than you do on television.

-       So do you.

-       But I have to say your hair style is atrocious.

-       Ha! Looks who’s talking.

-       No wonder your own people despise you.

-       Oh, yeah? How about yours? You're so unpopular

-       If I were the leader of your country I’d show them.

-       You can even rule your own country.

-       The world thinks you’re a lunatic.

-       And everyone suspects you’re crazy!

-       Well, I was elected to power.

-       As was I.

-       Sure, with a little help from your friends, I hear.

-       And you suppose to tell me you were not elected in the same way?

-       Don't you dare! Putin is mine.

-       No, he is mine.

-       You little…

-       Go ahead, you little what?

-       Listen, I can nuke you out of existence!

-       As can I.

        [BOTH PRESS THE RED BUTTONS AT THE SAME TIME]

[Jacque67 7,328]

19 minutes ago, CaliCat said:

 

 

If they were to talk, the conversation would probably go something like this:

 

        [SNEERING AT EACH OTHER]

-       You look smaller in person, than you do on television.

-       So do you.

-       But I have to say your hair style is atrocious.

-       Ha! Looks who’s talking.

-       No wonder your own people despise you.

-       Oh, yeah? How about yours? You're so unpopular

-       If I were the leader of your country I’d show them.

-       You can even rule your own country.

-       The world thinks you’re a lunatic.

-       And everyone suspects you’re crazy!

-       Well, I was elected to power.

-       As was I.

-       Sure, with a little help from your friends, I hear.

-       And you suppose to tell me you were not elected in the same way?

-       Don't you dare! Putin is mine.

-       No, he is mine.

-       You little…

-       Go ahead, you little what?

-       Listen, I can nuke you out of existence!

-       As can I.

        [BOTH PRESS THE RED BUTTONS AT THE SAME TIME]

[Ban Hammer 12,874]

11 hours ago, CaliCat said:

Trump Says He Will Not Talk to North Korea. Experts Fear He Will.

 

that's factually correct.  we have an entire diplomatic corps to do that

[Teddy B 17,251]

11 hours ago, CaliCat said:

 

 

If they were to talk, the conversation would probably go something like this:

 

        [SNEERING AT EACH OTHER]

-       You look smaller in person, than you do on television.

-       So do you.

-       But I have to say your hair style is atrocious.

-       Ha! Looks who’s talking.

-       No wonder your own people despise you.

-       Oh, yeah? How about yours? You're so unpopular

-       If I were the leader of your country I’d show them.

-       You can even rule your own country.

-       The world thinks you’re a lunatic.

-       And everyone suspects you’re crazy!

-       Well, I was elected to power.

-       As was I.

-       Sure, with a little help from your friends, I hear.

-       And you suppose to tell me you were not elected in the same way?

-       Don't you dare! Putin is mine.

-       No, he is mine.

-       You little…

-       Go ahead, you little what?

-       Listen, I can nuke you out of existence!

-       As can I.

        [BOTH PRESS THE RED BUTTONS AT THE SAME TIME]

Based on the way Trump has handled diplomacy so far, I'm thinking it would go like this. (Please note, finger in pic is not to scale, actual finger is much, much smaller.)

 

Edited August 31, 2017 by Teddy B

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

3 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

that's factually correct.  we have an entire diplomatic corps to do that

 

14 hours ago, CaliCat said:

 

 

If they were to talk, the conversation would probably go something like this:

 

        [SNEERING AT EACH OTHER]

-       You look smaller in person, than you do on television.

-       So do you.

-       But I have to say your hair style is atrocious.

-       Ha! Looks who’s talking.

-       No wonder your own people despise you.

-       Oh, yeah? How about yours? You're so unpopular

-       If I were the leader of your country I’d show them.

-       You can even rule your own country.

-       The world thinks you’re a lunatic.

-       And everyone suspects you’re crazy!

-       Well, I was elected to power.

-       As was I.

-       Sure, with a little help from your friends, I hear.

-       And you suppose to tell me you were not elected in the same way?

-       Don't you dare! Putin is mine.

-       No, he is mine.

-       You little…

-       Go ahead, you little what?

-       Listen, I can nuke you out of existence!

-       As can I.

        [BOTH PRESS THE RED BUTTONS AT THE SAME TIME]

We can do it by proxy

 

[Jacque67 7,328]

4 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

that's factually correct.  we have an entire diplomatic corps to do that

Diplomats! Elitists! 

Rodman will sort this out!

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/08/30/dennis-rodman-praises-kim-jong-un-making-north-korea-24th-century-country/

North Korea is a 24th century country!

[Jacque67 7,328]

Kim is reading the Art of the Deal right now! Donnie will show him how it's done!

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-rodman-in-north-korea-20170615-story.html

[ready4ONE 5,400]

6 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

that's factually correct.  we have an entire diplomatic corps to do that

Putin hasn't helped our economy by firing them all yet?