The Trump-Kim Summit Is Not a Negotiation; It's a Surrender (USA holds royal flush in poker game)

North Korea's nuclear WMD program was achieved not accidentally, but through systematic deception over the last quarter-century, using peace talks, denuclearization commitments, and diplomatic overtures for one purpose: to buy time to research, gain the resources necessary, and then deploy a formidable and unstoppable nuclear weapons administration capable of finishing the Korean War in "Final Victory" by reuniting with South Korea on the North's terms. These terms, of course, include removing the "imperialist" U.S. from the Korean peninsula. (It should be noted that their view, the Korean War was only postponed according to the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement but is now back on, as Kim declared the agreement invalid in March 2013.)

The letter Kim Jong-un sent to Donald Trump is not the first time North Korea has committed itself to denuclearization. Over the decades, the Juche communists have made such overtures no fewer than nine times since Clinton sat in the oval office: the 1992 Joint Declaration with South Korea; the 1994 Agreed Framework to dismantle all nuclear reactors and allow inspections, then after a long period of research and advancement in nuclear technology; and then again in August 2003, February 2004, July 2005, September 2005, October 2007, February 2009, and February 2012.

Each and every time, North Korea violated, nullified, cheated on, or reneged on these agreements or declarations of intent to denuclearize, always blaming others for its backtracking. So egregious and brazen has been the deception by the Kim dynasty that by October 2016, Obama's director of national intelligence, James Clapper, could only wring his hands over the last quarter-century of failed attempts to tame the North Korean tiger and conclude that "the notion of getting the North Koreans to denuclearize is probably a lost cause."

Obama's director of national intelligence, James Clapper, could only wring his hands over the last quarter-century of failed attempts to tame the North Korean tiger and conclude that "the notion of getting the North Koreans to denuclearize is probably a lost cause."

So Obama led from behind, did nothing, and passed the buck to the next President as conditions only worsened. It's time that Trump settle this once and for all. I think everyone agrees that it's long past time - Let's Roll.

Or...

President Trump could have a situation where our Secret Service is ready to pull guns on all of Kim’s bodyguards and troops and arrest him in the tent or building in the demilitarized zone. Tell Kim his only way to walk out alive is to surrender and abdicate his throne.

I have a strong feeling most of his supporters would evaporate like smoke if Kim could not return.

(It should be noted that their view, the Korean War was only postponed according to the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement but is now back on, as Kim declared the agreement invalid in March 2013.)

SK never signed the accord.

The lesson of the last 20 years is - give up your nukes, and someone will make sure you are overthrown.

Saddam pretended to have nukes, but didn’t. Kaddafy gave up his nuke program, and he died in a ditch. Assad didn’t have nukes and he was easy prey for a proxy civil war. Ukraine gave up its nukes and its been dismembered.

Wouldn't it be nice if the US were in a position to ask other countries to give up their nukes. Look what our foreign policy did to Khaddafi after he mended his ways. Look at all of the regime change initiatives.

President Trump is still fighting the globalist fight in Afghanistan and Syria. Why the heck would a nation whose leadership isn't part of the globalist in crowd not want to be able to defend itself?

The lesson of the last 20 years is - give up your nukes, and someone will make sure you are overthrown. Saddam pretended to have nukes, but didn’t. Kaddafy gave up his nuke program, and he died in a ditch. Assad didn’t have nukes and he was easy prey for a proxy civil war. Ukraine gave up its nukes and its been dismembered.

Let us hope that Kim does not see the pattern in time.

Something to keep in mind, Mike Pompeo should be SoS by the time the meeting in May occurs & would bolster Trumps position on this issue...

From the article:

Former CIA director and now nominated secretary of state Mike Pompeo emphasized on Chris Wallace's Fox News Sunday that there must be three essential components of the dismantling of North Korea's nuclear enterprise. Denuclearization must be 1) complete 2) verifiable, and 3) irreversible. This is the only way to ensure an end to North Korea's nuclear weapons production and delivery program.

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