Confirming the receipt of a birthday letter for Kim Jong Un from President Trump, North Korea noted that relations between the two leaders “are not bad,” but warned that future talks would need more than just that as a basis.
North Korean officials say that actually restarting talks is possible, but would need “absolute agreement” on issues raised by North Korea previously, adding that they know the US is “neither ready nor able to do so.”
This has repeatedly been an issue, as North Korea has said they are willing to denuclearize, but has wanted to get something in return during the process. US officials have rejected this idea, and demanded North Korea fulfill all US demands first before there is any talk of consideration in return.
The failure to make this a two-way street is a big part of why talks have been stalled for so long, and North Korean officials say they don’t intend to hold talks just to give President Trump something to brag about.
This normal US policy for every issue. Big Brother is in charge. Do as you are told, or else we destroy you.
Today’s Antiwar includes a Libertarian Institute article about the “Maximum Failure” of Trump’s outreach to Kim.
This article shows the real issue, that US hawks want something for nothing, and regime change in North Korea too.
That isn’t a failure of outreach. That is a failure to outreach, to really do what it appears to do.
What’s to stop Trump from taking out Kim or any other world leader the way he did the Iran General if he gets away with this recent murder? I would think twice before going to any meeting with the US, it may be hazardous to ones health.
Maybe if Kim wakes up in bed with a severed horse head, he’ll get the message of exactly who he is dealing with.
The leaders of both sides of the Libyan conflict will soon meet in Moscow at Putin’s invitation to begin discussions on a peaceable future of Libya. There is no Trump-Kim meeting in sight. Putin:Trump = 1:0.
I understand that the signing of an agreement, if there emerges one, is planned to occur in Berlin Germany. When that happens and Trump cannot yet meet with Kim it will be Merkel:Trump = 1:0
Behind this development is the apparent fact that Putin and Merkel no longer need nor probably want the US to conduct diplomacy with them in the Middle East. If Libya succeeds Syria will be next in line. Then Iraq. Then Afghanistan. Then Iran. Putin:Trump = 5:0!
How will Trump beat his buddy Putin in the arena of winning negotiations? A hastily concocted agreement with Kim to be signed in Tokyo? Or Beijing?
One other interesting fact of the Putin-Merkel axis is that GB and France are apparently left in the cold. That is what you get for Brexit Britannia!
If Kim wants US militancy attention, he might consider sending Iran and Iraq 4 warheads apiece. Bye bye US troops…..