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To: Katelew who wrote (77102)

6/12/2018 7:20:47 PM

From: Wharf Rat

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"it hardly gave Kim opportunity to reconsider,"
Why would he want to?

Trump Was Outfoxed in Singapore
Political Wire
by Taegan Goddard

Nicholas Kristof: “Trump made a huge concession — the suspension of military exercises with South Korea. That’s on top of the broader concession of the summit meeting itself, security guarantees he gave North Korea and the legitimacy that the summit provides his counterpart, Kim Jong-un.”

“Within North Korea, the ‘very special bond’ that Trump claimed to have formed with Kim will be portrayed this way: Kim forced the American president, through his nuclear and missile tests, to accept North Korea as a nuclear equal, to provide security guarantees to North Korea, and to cancel war games with South Korea that the North has protested for decades.”

“In exchange for these concessions, Trump seems to have won astonishingly little.”

First Read: “A question to ponder: What would the Republican Party have said if Barack Obama made this same deal and held the same meeting with North Korea’s dictator? How would they have reacted?”

To: Katelew who wrote (77102)	6/12/2018 7:41:01 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 362591

I can assure you that NK has been gaming this for decades. When Trump made his announcement, NK just adjusted a few parameters and things were set. And Kim was fully prepared with goals and language to use. There was nothing to reconsider. Remember, these are the people who came up with brainwashing. And have had a lot of practice on manipulating their own people. So psychology isn't a black art for them. If they had any doubts, I am sure they could have gotten help from Russia and/or China who have Trump analyzed very closely. Trump wasn't prepared. And he is dealing with people who are far smarter and knowledgeable than he is. Which is why he got rolled.