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Someone needs a minder?
Not if he wants to leave his “face” intact.....Trump won’t be intimidated or strong-armed....and would likely tell China any interference would be considered their entry into the actual war.....
I view this in a positive light. No wiggle room for Kim Jung Un......
Does anybody know how Kim will get to Singapore? I have heard he doesn’t like to fly, and he may not have an airplane that can fly that far. And while he can take a train to China, I don’t think there are enough railroads in Southeast Asia to go by train from China to Singapore. The railroad connecting Thailand and Burma, for instance, the setting for “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” was bombed after it was finished, and only one third of its track can be used today.
To make sure Short Fat keeps his end of the bargain.
I have always thought that China is Trump’s secret partner in this and they are pushing Kim to make an agreement. A prosperous and Nuclear Free North Korea is in China’s interest. I don’t think they are giving Kim and choice in these negotiations.
Kim has always wanted a one on one with a US President. It's Kim's strategy. Xi's presence would ruin that.
It can be argued that all players should be present.
Complete capitulation of North Korea is being demanded. Xi being there to reinforce the capitulation demand is not a bad thing
Xi Jinping(Yogi Bear) heard about a possible Nobel Peace Prize and wants in ,LOL
Buy him a season ticket to the Singapore Flyer and let him go spin
China was a party to the Korean War, if they are going to formally end the war as part of the deal.
China is afraid that North Korea will actually make peace.
Hopefully Kim has realized a truth (However I doubt it.); That to be a great man, he must actually do great things and not just force people to say it.
And he can be a great man, if he frees his people and goes off into retirement. He can prove his wisdom by surrendering.
And I doubt will happen it because of the number of crimes committed by the state over the last 60 years.
There has to be an accounting. There are still people today in the DPRK who have jobs as torturers. Men and women who have a checklist that they look at as they perform their jobs telling them just the right amount of voltage that you can apply to the testicles of an underweight 19 year old man and not damage his heart. And crap like that.
And for any such accounting to take place he would have to admit it did happen and is still happening.
It can’t simply be ignored because recently freed individuals would go hunting for answers and revenge. The South African “Truth Commission” model could be an option. But crimes must be addressed.
I speculated a few years ago that if Kim wanted to have the power to free his country he would have to get absolute and total control. And do do that he would have to be the most brutal and cruel leader ever. Perhaps that is what happened but it does not seem likely.
I see this as a tease leading up to an actual attendance. China should be part of the discussions.
The Showman builds up a dramatic scenario.
Even the Goebbelsmedia will have to devote hours of time to covering it. It would not want to disappoint China.
I wonder what dramatic scene he and UN have dreamed up for the Fake Media.
But, heck, Trump is probably in on the Kabuki.
That’s diplomacy!