No need to venture into a territory already occupied by the anti-Trump
media and political establishment class. If you have been paying attention
you are well aware of their perspective on what has occurred at the meeting between President Trump and North Korea president, Kim Yong-nam.
media and political establishment class. If you have been paying attention
you are well aware of their perspective on what has occurred at the meeting between President Trump and North Korea president, Kim Yong-nam.
What I have concluded, which I did not need the media to report, were
some of the reasons the first meeting of these two heads of state was
that we may now be on the threshold of a success never imagined in the
seventy years since we engaged North Korea in a United Nations 'police
action' that cost our country more than 36,000 lives.
some of the reasons the first meeting of these two heads of state was
that we may now be on the threshold of a success never imagined in the
seventy years since we engaged North Korea in a United Nations 'police
action' that cost our country more than 36,000 lives.
What is different this time then the thirty years of failed attempts to reign
in the threat North Korea posed on its Asian neighbors is that President
Trump has not used the same play book that has failed time and again.
in the threat North Korea posed on its Asian neighbors is that President
Trump has not used the same play book that has failed time and again.
First, President Trump did not send a pin-stripped diplomat with our
taxpayers' checkbook in hand. Trump's emissary, newly installed Secy.
of State Mike Pompeo, brought a more potent message, the overwhelming
power of our military will destroy North Korea if provocative actions
continued.
taxpayers' checkbook in hand. Trump's emissary, newly installed Secy.
of State Mike Pompeo, brought a more potent message, the overwhelming
power of our military will destroy North Korea if provocative actions
continued.
Complementing this warning was another first, President Trump has
agreed to requests from Japan and South Korea to have their own arsenals
for the first time since the end of World War II to defend themselves .
agreed to requests from Japan and South Korea to have their own arsenals
for the first time since the end of World War II to defend themselves .
Trump also agreed to meet with Kim, something no president had done in
the generations the Kim family has governed North Korea. Doing this, he
showed respect for Kim, placing him on equal footing as a head of state.
the generations the Kim family has governed North Korea. Doing this, he
showed respect for Kim, placing him on equal footing as a head of state.
It appears Trump believes Kim, from a different generation, would be open
to the great benefits of engaging with his Asian neighbors to build a thriving economy rather than remain in despotic isolation which his family preferred.
to the great benefits of engaging with his Asian neighbors to build a thriving economy rather than remain in despotic isolation which his family preferred.
Kim sent some signals of his own, including voluntarily releasing three
US citizens weeks before the planned meeting with President Trump.
Kim also fired three key military leaders, holdovers from his father's
regime, sending a signal he may have turned the page on failed policies.
President Trump's primary condition will not change, total denuclearizion
before going forward to introduce real prosperity, not US welfare.
President Trump is committed to help North Korea mirror the regional
successes all around them.
The thriving economies of its nearest neighbors, Japan and South
Korea are not to feared as his father and grandfather believed. If
these two countries can live peacefully there is no reason for Kim
to believe to can't.
As for what South Koreans thought of Trump's visit. The people
were glued to their TVs taking in the first true step towards peace
in the region.
One little mentioned development is the potential of finally getting
some closure of the MIAs, as Trump announced he would restart
efforts to repatriate the remains of lost servicemen after a more
than 10-year interruption.
So, never mind President Trump's critics, sour grapes do not
go down easily.
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