The President's tough talk on North Korea caught up to him and as a result Trump cancelled the summit between the two countries. The President said it was a set back for North Korea and the world, but it was a setback to a President who has no political understanding or policy on the subject of North Korea. And it was the trumpet man and his supporters who were bragging that it was Trump's tough talk that was responsible for Kim Jong to agree to the talks. Yeah, right, only in their dreams.
Kim Jong kept a low profile, released 3 Americans from captivity and followed through of refraining from testing any more missiles before the summit. Trump responded by allowing the U.S. joint military exercise with South Korea take place and Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton said the U.S. would apply the Libya standard on North Korea's nuclear capacity. Those issues should be handled with at the summit but Trump and Bolton tried to bully Kim Jong and he replied forcefully to the suggestion by Bolton. After Trump cancelled the summit, he changed his tune and said the Libya standard would not apply. So much for tough talk.
Trump's administration is in chaos no matter what it touches and Trump's ego is so dependent on adulation a commemorative coin was prematurely issued concerning the summit before the fact. There is no real policy plan or thought by this President concerning North Korea and no preparations and it came to the forefront. Plus there are those in the administration who would like to see another Iraq operation in North Korea.
Make no mistake, if and when a summit ever takes place, North Korea will emerge as the country who achieved all its goals while giving up very little and its nuclear capacity will be the vehicle to their success. PolitiDose will state the reasons why in a future commentary coming up soon.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
