Posted on 06/01/2018 8:34:24 PM PDT by Mariner
SINGAPORE — At an island resort off the coast of Singapore, U.S. event planners are working day and night with their North Korean counterparts to set up a summit designed to bring an end to Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.
But a particularly awkward logistical issue remains unresolved, according to two people familiar with the talks. Who’s going to pay for Kim Jong Un’s hotel stay?
The prideful but cash-poor pariah state requires that a foreign country foot the bill at its preferred lodging: the Fullerton, a magnificent neoclassical hotel near the mouth of the Singapore River, where just one presidential suite costs more than $6,000 per night.
The mundane but diplomatically fraught billing issue is just one of numerous logistical concerns being hammered out between two teams led by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin and Kim’s de facto chief of staff, Kim Chang Son, as they strive toward a June 12 meeting.
After weeks of uncertainty, President Trump called off the summit last week, blaming “open hostility” from North Korea. But a flurry of diplomacy across two continents got the meeting back on track, and Trump announced Friday that he will attend as initially planned.
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An attemp at not so subtle humor.
YMMV ;-)
Trump should ask the Singapore Hotel if they will accept Trump Discount Hotel Coupons in exchange for all the good publicity?
Thats a lot cheaper than flying plane loads of cash to the country like Obama did with Iran. If its too much then move them to the nearest Motel 6 and give them an Uber pass to commute.
So the deep state department is looking for ways to woe Kim and put this on Trump...
Horror of horrors, paying for a hotel room for a conference.
Barack Hussein Obama used US taxpayer money to give Osama Bin Laden a respectful Islamic funeral rite.
WashPoo loved their pro-terrorist Golden Child.
How many BILLIONS did Barack Insane Obama give to the Iranians in US cash??
This guy lives like a king but needs a hotel room donated? Just the room service bill alone will bankrupt us!
J/k - if it makes him get along, it’s like pocket change.
Presstitutes and Polidiots ....... doom on em.
“The prideful but cash-poor pariah state requires that a foreign country foot the bill at its preferred lodging: the Fullerton, a magnificent neoclassical hotel near the mouth of the Singapore River, where just one presidential suite costs more than $6,000 per night.”
Well , Trump’s Prez suite at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo cost the Japanese taxpayers $ 10,000 a night . $ 6000 a bargain lol !
You don’t think he is wealthy? Name a communist ruler who wasn’t. Socialism is not for the socialists. He may not be trump wealthy but he is wealthy..
On the one hand, let that mthrfkr pay for his own ticket to modernity.
On the other, foot the bill and demonstrate how great modernity can be for his slaves...
You mean they can’t find a Holiday Inn Express on that island?...I’ll bet there’s a McDonald’s....
Better still, for the open-ended benefit this moment in history provides, the hotel should comp a good bit of the bill for all participants.
I thought the UN was all about world peace. They have tons of our money to squander let them pay for it.
A suitcase full of that NK counterfeit US currency should cover it. I hear it’s pretty difficult to detect.
To The Washington comPOST ...AND? WHO EFFIN CARES as long as little rocket man agrees to submit!! Effin socialist mediabastards they need to be held accountable for every fascism/communist/globalism word they print!! I swear BEZOS is Satan incarnate!!
Not a problem.
The Aegis Corporation can pay the bill with an Amex card
Trump should get get some company to become the official sponsor of the Summit. Win-win. Pays for all the expenses but not from US Gov funds so we don’t look like we are caving. Plus good publicity for the company if a deal us made. Or not. Lol.
The primary purpose of everything written about Trump in the WP is never news, information or even innocent trivia.
Everything about Trump in the WP is about sticking it to him. If they can’t put the stake in his heart or even a good clean jab in his back, they’ll at least stick splinters into any available area.
Even if that requires twisting or even inventing facts to make Trump a target.
Oh now this crap starts.
Google “Banco Delta Asia.”
Barf!
Here we go again.
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