...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,
| ...they are not the experts on negotiation, he is. Not to mention there’s still the Steele dossier issue, along with accompanying insubordination and purveyance of false information both internally and externally. Public pouting on this scale does not pursuade that they have moved beyond such misbehaviour... |