It would be sweet Karma if Trump ended up with nothing, although not so great for the world and especially that part of it.
He’ll probably end up with a crumb, and claim he got the entire cake plus a gallon of ice cream.
After kissing Kim’s ass bigly and often he is back to tight jaws and hard looks from Pence. Cadet Bone Spurs has met his master.
Who knew foreign policy could be so hard? Not America’s Donnie Dumbshit. Thanks to him, we’re going to get hosed by this autocrat, and tRump doesn’t even realize what he’s done because he’s so enamored by despots he wants so badly to be liked by. He’s still preoccupied with parlor games, press releases and commemorative coins exalting his overly-inflated ego.
None of this will go well. We already know this. If anything, this is ‘fly by the seat of your pants’ diplomacy.
How’s that Nobel coming along?
Heard in Pyongyang …
… 빨판.
Kim is playing trump. With a little more manipulation, he’ll get the US army stationed in the north to defend against the southern capitalist running dogs.
Wow, who could’ve possibly anticipated this one? trump now has three options:
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trump bails on the ‘summit’, at which point Kim proudly proclaims he was happy to negotiate but the USA was too chicken to even show up. Who wins? Kim.
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trump shows up but figures it’s just about a photo op and doesn’t actually say much of anything, at which point Kim proudly proclaims he went toe to toe with the USA and we blinked. Who wins? Kim.
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trump shows up and actually tries to say something of substance, which given the fact that he’s essentially winging it, won’t listen to anybody who knows what they’re talking about, and relies on his bigoted gut for guidance, means trump’ll say something stupid or outrageous, at which point Kim proudly proclaims he was the dignified one on the room and the USA was represented by a buffoon. Who wins? Kim.
Like Josh said, trump got punked.
Trump’s understanding of game theory might be on the level of what it takes to win tic-tac-toe. This is the depth and complexity the “great dealmaker” really sees in the world around him. Sad (really).
I think Mr. Art of the Deal is telling his aides “Just wait til I get the bill from Rocketman! I ain’t payin’ it!”
I believe the line from Blackadder was “thick as a whale omelet.”
When the summit is canceled the blowback will damage Moon more than Trump.