Dems grit their teeth and cheer for Trump on North Korea

The Politico ^ | May 21, 2018 | Heather Caygle and Elana Schor

[2ndDivisionVet]

Democrats face a political minefield ahead of President Donald Trump’s historic North Korea meeting: how to root for success for a president they usually want to see flounder.

Trump is reportedly reevaluating the prospects for a significant denuclearization commitment from Kim Jong Un, but if he manages to land a foreign policy coup that has eluded past presidents, it couldn’t come at a worse time for Democrats.

The party is planning to center its midterm campaign message around the numerous scandals engulfing the administration. A successful meeting with Kim, however, would give Trump and the GOP — already encouraged by record-low unemployment and other positive economic indicators — a big morale boost just a few months before the November midterms.

Still, Democrats know they can’t cheer for a diplomatic failure that could heighten U.S.-North Korea tensions and potentially trigger a worldwide crisis. So they're raising concerns from the sidelines for now, declaring hope for a Trump-Kim breakthrough, while dismissing it as a long shot at best.....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Didn't President Lincoln deal with Queen Victoria and the Russian Tsar on Twitter?

[Secret Agent Man]

Pits that much harder cuz they have to cheer against one of their communist dictator soulmates.

[Hugin]

BS. Lefties in the media were positively gleeful reporting that the Trump/Kim meeting might be canceled. They would rather have Nork ICBMs pointed at Los Angeles than see Trump succeed at anything.

[libertylover]

They would rather have Nork ICBMs pointed at Los Angeles than see Trump succeed at anything.

Sad but true.

[TLI]

Democrats are using the Obama administration's Iran nuclear deal — which Trump pulled the U.S. out of this month — as a benchmark, pushing for denuclearization without wiggle room and with measures in place to verify that North Korea abides by any compact.

Obama administration's Iran nuclear deal Benchmark = what NOT to do.

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) pointed to provisions of the Iran pact that he said should be included in any agreement with Kim, including third-party inspections of North Korea’s nuclear program that can yield “verifiable results.”

HAHAHAHAHA!

little bammy's "deal" had the Iranian's "self-inspecting." There was ZERO that was verifiable.

Then again this is "turban Durbin" giving advice to President of The United States of America Donald John Trump (love saying that!)

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[dsrtsage]

Scandal:
Something repeated by the propaganda arm of the DNC (the newsmedia) until it is proven categorically false, then the news stops reporting it, but it still counts as a scandal

[Oscar in Batangas]

I predict much more gritting (gnashing) of teeth by the dems during the next 6 Years, 7 Months and 29 Days

[The_Media_never_lie]

Didn't President Lincoln deal with Queen Victoria and the Russian Tsar on Twitter?

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Probably tweeted via telegraph, which was one of the first internets.

[Spok]

The Dems would support WWIII if they can blame it on Trump.

[4Liberty]

[Jack Hammer]

Naturally, of course, they’d much prefer that we all assumed room temperature with a North Korean radioactive glow....