[Mariner]

It must be a US technical team, even if escorted by Chinese, that verifies.

[MNDude]

Just think, Lindsey Graham was saying we should go to war with them, only about a week ago!

[caww]

For about 5 yrs. now China's view of N.Korea has been it's served it's purpose...but it does not want to see N.Korea collapse either, which is where it's been fast headed, and what that would mean to all of Korea......... Trump's stopping the ships, that so often propped up the regime and it's elites during sanctions in the past, pretty much halted Fatboys and his cohorts chances of survival.

Also now that China is positioning itself economically on the Asian front and on the world stage entire it doesn't want a Nuclearized N.Korea knowing with certainty that if that were to happen Japan and S. Korea also follow for obvious reasons....and additional Asian countries likewise. An equation China does not want to see happen.

There has been only three possible outcomes with N.Korea...
..They went on as they have been and nothing is done because nobody knows what to do.
..There would be an agreement of some kind to freeze the Nuclear program which hasn't worked and everyone knows it.
Or
..A combination of factors developed to ‘remove’ nuclear from N.Korea and unify the Korea's over a period of time.

China's in agreement of the removal of Nuclear and unification of the Korea's.

[jarwulf]

Not sure I like the idea of the US president and the NK dictator being put on as equals symbolically. Hopefully something good can come of this but it may have been better through a lower ranking official meeting with UN.

[garjog]

Maybe Kim wants to go to Disneyland like Khrushchev?

[I want the USA back]

Leftists take note: Calling him rocket man did not set off a nuclear war. Trump saying that his button was bigger did not launch rockets toward us. It showed the insane maniac that Trump was the stronger man. Bammy would have bowed down in submission to the ideology he loves so much: communism, and let the maniac walk all over us.

[Monorprise]

The real question is whether North Korea can be convince to give up the weapons long-term. They have to see it in their interest not just now but tomorrow. Trump can only Ensure that interest for the next three to seven years. It is logical for them to try and go for time.