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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: Sam who wrote (77109)6/12/2018 11:52:32 PM
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<<For example, in the Richard Engel link, where Engel talks about how the military of both the US and the S. Korean were stunned by Trump saying that he would cancel their joint exercises in order to "save money". >>

Your statement starts off with a strawman, Sam. Trump didn't say he did it to save money. He said he did it because it was demeaning and threatening to Kim. Then Trump said 'and it also saves money'.

I think it's a great idea to cancel all war exercises for awhile. It's a show of good faith. It also gives Kim a little something to push back against any of his old generals who resist.

From your comments about the Olympics, apparently you are another liberal who's going to try and spin things to put forth the idea that Moon is responsible for the breakthrough. But that's a distortion of the timeline. Trump's threats and Trump's strongarming China into supporting the sanctions are what brought Kim around. Everything that followed flows from that.

Everything else you posted is based on what could be a faulty premise. It's the same premise that emerged today from all the negative commentary by the left. The premise is that Kim is going to do everything he can to wiggle out of his commitment to complete denuclearization. He's going to do just enough to get some sanction relief and then go back to his isolated position of leading a backward, impoverished nation while sitting on a pile of nukes. And such a sad, small life that is.

All of you guys keep talking about no groundwork was laid, no plan is apparent, Kim has this or that kind of leverage over Trump. What you guys seem to envision is some kind of protracted adversarial struggle, with each player seeking advantage over the other while a 'game, set and match' is hammered out.

But what if Kim is basically on the same page as Trump? What if Kim actually does want to leave the past behind as he said at the end of the conference?
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