Posted on 03/09/2018 2:04:26 PM PST by MarvinStinson
Former Obama administration official Susan Rice on Friday questioned President Donald Trump's ability to successfully execute a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and she warned an unsuccessful meeting could increase the risk of conflict.
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchellin response to an announcement that Trump will meet with Kim in the coming monthssaid to Rice that while the United States doesn't necessarily have a strategy for negotiations for an upcoming meeting, North Korea does.
"What is the downside, if there is this big-flags-waving, red carpet summit and then no results?" Mitchell asked the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and national security adviser.
"I think it's very risky," Rice said. "It risks the president's credibility, the credibility of the United States, and worse still, I think it increases the risk of conflict if they go into something with very high expectations, poor preparation, and the president acting in his typically mercurial way."
"We could end up in a much worse place then we are today," Rice warned.
Rice said there are steps that could be taken to make the meeting productive, but she expressed caution in describing the meeting as "high risk" and commenting that Trump "may not have the temperament" to execute a successful meeting.
If we managed to survive 8 years of America hater Obammy, then I have little fear of the outcome with the Norks.
Stupid cow.
Hey, Minute Rice, no one cares what you think.
Yeah Suzy. Hes not a Marxist like you or your old boss. So Trump will do this from the point of view of a freedom loving leader of a constitutional republic. Not from the POV of a communist like you and Obozo would.
Yes, much better to go with a narcissistic, know-nothing community organizer than a proven, successful businessman who’s spent decades negotiating and succeeding in the shark tanks of New York real estate.
I hate these people. The lying press tells us that these are the smartest people in the world, when in reality just about all of them are dumber than a box of rocks. Obama, Biden, and Hillary are particularly dense.
“Well Susan, maybe hell follow the meeting up with an email to himself about what transpired, or perhaps hell make a video.”
Very good. I wish someone could pose that to her.
Pinochet was a murderer and nothing we want in America.
And Susan Rice is worried that going to the meeting and not coming out with an agreement is a big risk? Does she mean like Reagan at Reykjavik walking out? That was one of his biggest successes.
The gall of these people - after the devastation on their watch, then lying and continuing in lies even when the truth became evident to all.
At least we will get the truth from Trump ... Susan Rice is a lying sack of Shia ...
“Presence of mind” must mean lies and deception to Susan Rice. The previous administration can’t relate to an administration that has Americas best interest in mind.
No, he doesn’t have the “presence of mind.” So Democrats should disengage from politics to duck and cover, until we give the all clear.
;-)
Someone yank this one off the stage.
LOL
You are hysterical.
The Media doesn’t realize that Trump has been maneuvering Kim into a corner for a year now — when you realize that, you have to acknowledge that Trump has a strategy. Of course, Susan Rice’s boss was famous for winging it.
The Russia thing kind of comes and goes. They talk about it when things are slow news wise.
I wouldn’t be worried about Donald Trump at ALL.
"Kim, you stop firing missiles and kill your nuke program to our complete satisfaction and we'll welcome you back into polite society. Failure means curtains for you. Think about it. Call me before next weekend."
Kim wants to look like the big shot. Negotiations in arms control talks puts him in the big league with China and Russia. And it’s the only way he and China can save face now that Donald has been tweeting zingers at Kim for over a year.
It’s not even about a war. It’s about Kim’s ego.
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