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When Petty People Rule The World...
Jun. 11th, 2018 07:27 pmThe videos I posted here before Trump was even elected more or less sum up my thoughts on what motivates Trump. Namely that he's getting back at Obama for all the laughter directed at him.
So to Korea: What did Obama tell him about Korea? That North Korea would be his biggest problem. So what better way to one-up Obama than to 'solve' the Korean problem in his first term?
Which puts all the cards in North Korea's hands. It's reasonable to assume they'll consider denuclearization of the Korean peninsular to mean no US warships in Korean waters. Which I can imagine Trump saying seems fair enough. There's lots of hawks in the US who won't though, so if that is the deal, then the US President has more power than I thought.
The other possible 'successful' outcome is North Korea denuclearizes and gets the sanctions lifted and enters a normalized relation with the rest of the world, much along Chinese lines and with Chinese protection. This just might fly, but not as well as the above from North Korea's point of view.
Otherwise it's business as usual, with Trump getting the blame for being unprepared, etc., etc.
So to Korea: What did Obama tell him about Korea? That North Korea would be his biggest problem. So what better way to one-up Obama than to 'solve' the Korean problem in his first term?
Which puts all the cards in North Korea's hands. It's reasonable to assume they'll consider denuclearization of the Korean peninsular to mean no US warships in Korean waters. Which I can imagine Trump saying seems fair enough. There's lots of hawks in the US who won't though, so if that is the deal, then the US President has more power than I thought.
The other possible 'successful' outcome is North Korea denuclearizes and gets the sanctions lifted and enters a normalized relation with the rest of the world, much along Chinese lines and with Chinese protection. This just might fly, but not as well as the above from North Korea's point of view.
Otherwise it's business as usual, with Trump getting the blame for being unprepared, etc., etc.
