The Trump-Kim summit between Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has begun in Singapore. So, why has the event already become a “Made for TV” reality circus?
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Trump hastily left the G7 Summit in a huff, while praising Russia and blasting US allies. He then arrived for the Trump-Kim summit with no agenda, no preparation, and no idea on what would make the event even remotely a success. Still, that didn’t stop Donald “perfect” Trump, who seems to remain under the perpetual impression that his every thought and every move is always “terrific,” “tremendous,” and/or an unbelievably “huge success.”
Not surprisingly, “The Donald” is already calling the Trump-Kim summit “tremendously successful” even though it’s just getting started and nothing has happened yet.
The day began with former NBA basketball player and reality television performer Dennis Rodman arriving in Singapore to partake in the Trump-Kim summit. His presence alone spoke volumes for the circus that was yet to come.
“(President) Obama wouldn’t even give me the time of day,” Rodman wailed through a sea of tears to CNN’s Chris Cuomo. “He just brushed me off,” Rodman continued, suggesting that the-then President of the United States should have somehow seen and respected him as a legitimate foreign policy player on the world stage (he didn’t).
Next, after a brief 38-minute meeting with Kim Jong Un, Trump emerged from the room to brag to reporters that the 2 men had miraculously established an “Excellent relationship,” and that his gut was telling him he could “solve a big problem, a big dilemma” during the Trump-Kim meeting.
“Working together, we’ll get it taken care of,” Trump said without clarifying what “it” was that he could fix in 38 minutes.
“This will be tremendously successful. We will have a terrific relationship,” Trump mused, apparently forgetting that this was the same man he dubbed “Little Rocket Man” while slinging a string of additional insults at.
Should Donald Trump trust Kim Jong Un? Should preparation, conducting lower-level talks, and doing advanced homework be retired as irrelevant and unnecessary in favor of Trump’s “gut?” Will “The Donald” be able to do what no other US president in history has ever been able to do and convince North Korea to play nice on the world stage and destroy its nuclear weapons program?
Maybe we should all ask Dennis Rodman!
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Geez! Having all kinds of problems at my job with loss of phone and internet service this morning so I hope i can post this response before we lose connections again. Okay so now that the dog and pony show is over we’ll have to wait and see what actually comes of this. So far, Trump (America) got a hand-shake, a sit-down, and lots of photo-ops. Oh and a joint piece of paper that most likely lacks any detailed specifics as in specific timelines and “firm enforcement mechanisms.” Just a lot of “happy talk as a precursor to REAL negotiations. .” Kim Jong Un got…well everything he wants beginning with TIME. He got U.S. recognition on the global stage, he gets to keep his nukes until he decides to give them up (ain’t gonna happen but he’s happy to play “let’s pretend”). And probably sooner rather than later some sanctions… Read more »