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Trump releases letter from Kim Jong Un, touts "great progress"
CNN Politics ^ | July 12, 2018 | Zachary Cohen

Posted on 07/12/2018 11:37:07 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

President Donald Trump released a letter he recently received from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and praised the "great progress" being made in talks with Pyongyang.

The letter is dated July 6, and was given to Secretary of State Pompeo delegation to deliver to Trump while the group was in Pyongyang last week to continue talks on denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, senior administration officials tell CNN.

"A very nice note from Chairman Kim of North Korea. Great progress being made," Trump said in a tweet that also included a copy of the correspondence from Kim....

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kimjongun; korea; northkorea; trump
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Letter at the link.
1 posted on 07/12/2018 11:37:07 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

But but CNN said the talks are a bust? What gives? Eye roll....


2 posted on 07/12/2018 11:41:04 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I hope the negotiations don’t run into language difficulties. It’s said that Japanese has a way of saying yes that means “yes I hear” not “yes I agree” which has caused naive negotiators to make missteps. I hope the North Korean translator understands similar nuances.


3 posted on 07/12/2018 11:42:29 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I fear this will blow up in Trumps face. The NORKs are dirty rat bastards and can’t be trusted. They will violate any agreement.


4 posted on 07/12/2018 11:47:24 AM PDT by Angels27
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To: Angels27

That region is a hellhole. Maybe the best we can expect is for them to blow hot and cold for quite a while.


5 posted on 07/12/2018 11:49:28 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

un just wants a little attention, acknowledgement.


6 posted on 07/12/2018 11:53:52 AM PDT by chief lee runamok
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To: Angels27

If for some reason they don’t give up their nuclear weapons we increase sanctions and attack them if they threaten us. There is no “losing” in this situation.


7 posted on 07/12/2018 11:54:03 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One way or another, Trump is going to deal with Kim.

So if Kim does renege, Trump will simply have to deal with it.

Un can take the easy way, or the hard way.

One way he remains alive.


8 posted on 07/12/2018 12:01:53 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Take a look out there folks. Can you see evidence of a Left Wing Hate Group, perhaps fascist too?)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

“It’s said that Japanese has a way of saying yes that means “yes I hear” not “yes I agree”  This evokes a scene from the Tom Selleck movie, “MR. BASEBALL”. Selleck’s character is acting rude. His Japanese date lectures him. When Selleck answers, “Hai.” She asks, “Hai, as in yes, I agree; or Hai, as in, I hear you, but I’m going to do as I please anyway?!”


9 posted on 07/12/2018 12:22:06 PM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Thanks for pointing that out because Trump is too stupid to really understand what’s going on.

He needs someone like you to keep reminding him not to be an idiot


10 posted on 07/12/2018 12:22:21 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Mr. Trump has demonstrated with Mr. Kim that he understands very well how to negotiate with Asians. Hint: Don’t cause them to lose face at home.


11 posted on 07/12/2018 12:23:53 PM PDT by ichabod1 (If there is to be war, let it begin here.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Well if a mere hope results in an outlandish accusation like that, what would a prayer provoke?

I think you’re the one being weird.


12 posted on 07/12/2018 12:23:57 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Angels27

The media is lying to you.
Trump has made more progress with NK than all previous presidents combined.


13 posted on 07/12/2018 12:24:02 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Democracy: The cliff's edge of Marxism)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Donald sure has made them an astounding proposal. I “hope” and “pray” it works. Practically, I would not at all be surprised to see NK blow hot and cold for a long time after this, as the relationship proceeds in fitful lurches. How do you decompress a hellhole in a way that doesn’t entail decapitating it?


14 posted on 07/12/2018 12:27:04 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: chief lee runamok

thats right how funny that was all it took.


15 posted on 07/12/2018 12:27:57 PM PDT by ichabod1 (If there is to be war, let it begin here.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

That’s why I call him Mr. Kim now, because I believe he may not be the little ogre the Deep State Media has portrayed him as. If they say it, it must not be true, so whatever he is, it isn’t what they’ve made him out to be.


16 posted on 07/12/2018 12:29:54 PM PDT by ichabod1 (If there is to be war, let it begin here.)
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To: ichabod1

He’s got ogre right down to his marrow. The problem he’s got is that he’s ogred himself right to the brink of hellfire and he knows that too.


17 posted on 07/12/2018 12:31:03 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: ichabod1

I mean... if he now follows Donald’s cue then that’s a rough analogy of the Christian story of following a Savior to salvation. And the political ogre-osity will be worked out of Kim’s system. Maybe that’s what you’re getting at, but I wasn’t sure.


18 posted on 07/12/2018 12:37:29 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

For now, I’ll believe the NORKS rather than the media.


19 posted on 07/12/2018 12:43:53 PM PDT by Amish with an attitude
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To: HiTech RedNeck

You inferred, as you often do, that President Trump isn’t smart, and even an idiot.

You can flail about all you want it doesn’t change the words you use.


20 posted on 07/12/2018 1:31:54 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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