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President Trump Just Sidelined His Own Top Negotiator on North Korea | |
2019-03-21 | |
[TIME] President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has taken increased control of negotiations over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, sidelining his own top negotiator and dismissing the warnings of top intelligence and foreign policy advisors in the wake of last month’s failed summit in Vietnam, officials familiar with the developments tell TIME. In recent days, Trump shut down an effort by Stephen Biegun, nominally the Administration’s lead negotiator with Pyongyang, to reestablish a back channel through the North’s United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... mission in New York, according to four U.S. and South Korean officials. At the same time, Trump continues to dismiss the conclusions of the CIA, State and Defense Departments and other agencies that North Korea will not abandon its nuclear weapons program,
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Posted by:Fred |
#3 So, negotiations are over. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2019-03-21 16:02 |
#2 Glad I moved out of PeeAye at the end of 2017. It's looking more like NKor every day... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-03-21 08:59 |
#1 North Korea, the size of Pennsylvania, needs a deal more than nukes, Pudgy and Trump knows it. |
Posted by: Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2019-03-21 00:49 |