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North Korea Ready To Talk If White House Will Reconsider
Hotair ^ | 05/24/2018 | John Sexton

Posted on 05/24/2018 7:36:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

This morning Ed reported that President Trump had canceled his planned summit with Kim Jong-Un. This afternoon, Trump called the cancelation a “tremendous setback for North Korea” and for the world. But as Allahpundit noted, Trump also left the door open a crack saying, “If and when Kim Jong-un chooses to engage in constructive dialogue and actions, I am waiting.” It turns out Trump didn’t have to wait long. From Bloomberg:

In a statement Friday by state-run KCNA that cited Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea vowed to continue to pursue peace and signaled it would give Washington more time to reconsider talks.

“Our goal and will to do everything for peace and stability of the Korean peninsula and mankind remains unchanged, and we are always willing to give time and opportunity to the US side with a big and open mind,” according to the statement. “We express our intent that there is a willingness to sit at any time, in any way to resolve issues.”

So is there a chance the June 12 meeting could be back on? Not likely according to Bloomberg’s source:

A senior administration official later downplayed the idea that the meeting could be put back on track for June 12. The North Koreans, the official said, have recently stopped cooperating on preparations for the summit. For example, U.S. officials traveled to Singapore last week expecting to meet with North Korean counterparts, but the North Koreans never showed up.

“They stood us up,” the official said at a briefing for reporters conducted on condition of anonymity.

The NY Times story on the cancelation points out that President Trump believes North Korea blew up the meeting on orders from President Xi of China:

Mr. Trump has said he believes North Korea’s tone changed after Mr. Kim met President Xi Jinping in the coastal Chinese city of Dalian in early May. Mr. Trump suggested that Mr. Xi might be using China’s influence over North Korea as leverage in trade negotiations with the United States.

“I think Xi told Kim to slow down,” said Joseph Y. Yun, who was until recently the State Department’s senior diplomat on North Korea. “Also, I think Kim was getting pushback from his own folks, as Trump was.”

Trump has said all along that a resolution of the North Korean problem depended on China. Now it seems China is pulling the leash a bit rather than allowing Trump to get credit for a big foreign policy win. Instead, it seems plausible Xi is looking for something in exchange for his blessing of a denuclearization deal.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: 4ththread; kimjongun; northkorea; seebreakingnews; singaporesummit; trumpasia
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1 posted on 05/24/2018 7:36:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Let’s see: We’ll be happy to talk but cut the crap.


2 posted on 05/24/2018 7:43:21 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Let them beg for that meeting.


3 posted on 05/24/2018 7:46:05 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Conservatives seek the truth. Democrats seek the power to dictate what truth is.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“North Korea vowed to continue to pursue peace and signaled it would give Washington more time to reconsider talks.”

Say what?


4 posted on 05/24/2018 7:49:52 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: SeekAndFind

Trumps got the cards...and NK is running out of time. I think late October would be a good time for the meeting and do it in the DMZ.


5 posted on 05/24/2018 7:50:01 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump 2016)
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To: SeekAndFind
it seems plausible Xi is looking for something in exchange for his blessing of a denuclearization deal

It's time to put tariffs on all things chines coming into this country. And that includes imports that are indirectly routed through other countries to get here. Use that money to beef-up the military and build the wall. Ya, I'll pay more at the store, but I would be happy to if it puts the screws to china.
6 posted on 05/24/2018 7:50:12 PM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: toddausauras

“I think late October would be a good time for the meeting and do it in the DMZ.”

Coincidentally , just yesterday I was thinking about visiting Seoul ( from Japan ) in October . It’d be cool to be in Korea when the deal goes down - and it will .


7 posted on 05/24/2018 7:53:06 PM PDT by sushiman (i)
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To: SeekAndFind
One Can count on China wanting something in return for pressure on the Norks to deal. Why would they not? Any country would. And trump knows this better than the whole presscorp put together. He is so far ahead of the pundit class it is not even funny.
8 posted on 05/24/2018 7:55:53 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: SeekAndFind

Swear to Buddha, this is some kind if high stakes 3D Zen Chess being played and Trump is the Master.


9 posted on 05/24/2018 7:57:32 PM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing)
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To: SeekAndFind; All
Let them sweat Donnie. Double down on, and strengthen the sanctions for a few more months.

Earn the reputation as “The Don” of international politics. 😁

10 posted on 05/24/2018 8:07:15 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Democrats: Herd mentality exhibiting melodramatic hysterics.)
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11 posted on 05/24/2018 8:46:29 PM PDT by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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12 posted on 05/24/2018 8:47:53 PM PDT by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Damn, this guy (Trump) is good. Now he has North Korea dancing.


13 posted on 05/24/2018 9:03:59 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: SeekAndFind

China was peachy keen for the Norks to give up their nukes and join the modern world, but they wanted no part of a unified Korean peninsula as a next door neighbor.

China didn’t worry about their citizens hauling ass with the NORK $hithole next door, but a modern democracy is a whole different thing.


14 posted on 05/24/2018 9:08:55 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The president should push for a unified Korea.

The carrot to be dangled in front of the Chinese....
arrange for Chinese companies to have some (but not all) of the contracts to bring North Korea into the 21st century.

That economic carrot might be too much for the Chinese to resist.


15 posted on 05/24/2018 9:30:21 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Washington is NOT a swamp.....It's a cesspool!)
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Can only imagine the tension within the Nork ministry.


16 posted on 05/24/2018 9:31:25 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Beagle8U

Exactly
No orea will be just like the south in a generation
The Korean people are amazing
And so are the Chinese but they ain’t free and the overlords ain’t giving them it anytime soon


17 posted on 05/24/2018 9:59:27 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: SeekAndFind

Those liberals who were slavering all over themselves today, ridiculing President Trump for canceling, making him out to be a fool, ended up having to suck it all back up, when NK came back whimpering and begging, later in the day. No matter how they try to stick it to him, they always end up with the dirty end of the stick, themselves, and he always comes out on top!


18 posted on 05/24/2018 10:16:35 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Defiant

Haha!


19 posted on 05/24/2018 10:28:00 PM PDT by pigsmith (Liberals can't make the connection between their politics and the decline of everything around them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Have the left criticized Trump yet for tormenting Kim so?


20 posted on 05/24/2018 11:31:34 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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