Daily Caller: Kim Jong-Un Offers To ‘Teach’ Trump ‘A Lesson’
Posted on 05/06/2017 6:22:44 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
For policy wonks, working in the Trump area has the feel of living in parallel universes. One such universe is what allies say about Trump’s North Korea policy; the other is what some in the U.S. media write. Exhibit A are editorials claiming that President Trump’s North Korea policy is the same as that of his predecessor.
Private chats with Japanese or Chinese leaders would disabuse journalists ready to listen of the impression that this policy continues President Obama’s passivity. The former are happy that Obama’s “red line” on the use of WMD was finally enforced by President Trump, and that real pressure is finally on China. The latter are less happy with the pressure that Trump's national-security cabinet is putting on them to put the squeeze to Kim Jong-un.
Indeed, a quick review of the Trump approach to North Korea reveals anything but passivity.
First, there is the return of the exercise of American power. The most important moment of the Trump-Xi summit was Trump’s delivery of the news that the U.S. military had targeted Syria for using chemical weapons. Trump reintroduced the concept of decisive American action to a Chinese leadership that is impressed by power above all else. Since China already believes that all U.S. action in the world is taken with an eye toward containing the Middle Kingdom, the U.S. move certainly left the impression that a message was being conveyed to Beijing.
Second, there is robust diplomacy. Senior Trump officials report to me that Tillerson’s diplomacy with China has been unrelentingly results oriented.
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Thanks a lot for the updates !
The Weaklies are Standard issue around here as well. I read that article with great interest. NEVER saw it posted on FR. I’ll have to check again, but there is lots of news that isn’t making it here any more. Thanks very much for the PPD news on the Mailman!
LOL - I love that! Another win.
Muh-Caine Heh!
Thanks.
Daily Caller: Kim Jong-Un Offers To ‘Teach’ Trump ‘A Lesson’
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