Nuclear blackmail: the threat mentioned many times by Presidents Bush in regards to Iran, North Korea and others. What would the situation be like, if Iraq and Syria already had nuclear weapons? The future may be interesting, indeed.
And no, the Bushes didn’t measure up to the Trump Administration—nowhere near it.
An ultimatum? He’s series? He’s a damned idiot, if he think he can get anywhere with ultimatums against this or any other POTUS.
You get rid of your nukes...as confirmed by absolute access to your *entire* country by inspectors of *our* choosing...and we,in return,will end the sanctions,allow you and 1,000 of your closest friends free passage to any country that will take you (bringing with you as much as you want) and we,the world's civilized nations,will contribute many,many,many billions in reconstruction aid.
You'll be rich (and safe) and you'll be a *hero* to the entire Korean nation. And Samsung TVs,cell phones and Kias will be built nationwide...north and south...thus allowing *your* people the same amazing prosperity now enjoyed in the South.
Three possibilities leading up to Election Day:
1) Kim relents - Good for Trump, major win
2) Kim escalates - Good for Trump, country backs any incumbent president.
3) Status quo - Good for Trump, country focused on Trump economy and rejecting Democrat insanity.
He was rewarded so quickly by the current administration, he thought he would have to concede nothing. He also thought the current administration was sumpremely more hungry to make any deal than he was; also reinforcing his belief he had to concede nothing. So he has conceded nothing, and he is not going to condede anything other than some fig leafs.
If the current administration realizes they misjudged Kim, they will concede nothing and Kim will increase when and how he behaves badly. If it is Kim that was right about the current administration, then look for a bad deal (like Obama’s with Iran) being made, just to say we got a deal.
I am not predicting which of the two scenarios will play out in 2020, but one of them will.
Good thing the South now made nice with Kim. Helps his nukes take out Seoul easier.