trump's folly

From this morning's WSJ:

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By Timothy W. Martin
Updated April 13, 2019 9:58 a.m. ET

SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gave the U.S. until the year’s end to break a deadlock in stalled nuclear talks, Pyongyang state media reported on Saturday, saying he remained open to a third summit with President Trump.

Mr. Kim, in his most direct remarks to Washington since February’s no-deal summit in Vietnam, said he doesn’t “need to persist” on pursuing another summit and isn’t desperate for sanctions relief, state media reported. He made the remarks on Friday at a gathering of North Korea’s rubber-stamp legislature, the Supreme People’s Assembly.

Mr. Kim warned the U.S. to change its approach to nuclear talks. He gave Washington “until late this year,” but added in an apparent reference to the Hanoi summit: “There won’t be as good an opportunity as last time.” The two leaders began discussions about North Korea’s nuclear disarmament at a summit in Singapore in June.

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Trump did better here than i thought he would:shrug: I might be a victim of media manipulation but it just feels calmer? But left or right i dont think the end game here is good........:down:

Things seem calmer because trump fell in love:flower:

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Originally Posted by Dave Grubb

... trump fell in love...

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Yes - it may just explain why a brutal dictator can easily outmaneuver and manipulate our president.

Hunter

Who's being manipulated? No rockets are flying. Trump likes to play so is he outmaneuvered or just having fun.

It is instructive to get a grasp on the scale and intensity of death and destruction of the Korean War. It was probably at least as horrific as that in WWII, if not more so. I full scale confrontation now would undoubtedly be worse.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/bu...237?page=0%2C1

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Originally Posted by Honda

A guy named Seward had a folly once...

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Yes - the USA definitely scored on that one.

Hunter

I learned today that he cheats at golf...But then so did Bill Clinton...

There is something the matter at the core of people who inveterately cheat at golf. The game can be a barometer of the soul.

The old guys i play with bump the ball and take drops where they want, but we dont play for money. We buy our own lunches. Leagues and tournaments you wouldnt even try that. I have only ever seen a guy cheat once and he got dq'd. I have seen the burrowing animal and "local rules" applied liberally but only after consultation with the group. In my Elks league i have never seen anyone cheat:clap:

Like lots of amateur sports there is prize money, so i guess gambling. I sometimes play in a money game in Az when i go there. If you suck you end up paying less than $20. Those guys would make you walk back to the clubhouse if you cheated. :nono: I guess my point is not everyone who golf's cheats:shrug: If i played golf with Trump I would call him on it:fight:

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If i played golf with Trump I would call him on it

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If I played golf with trump, I would keep his score card in MY pocket. :beat:

If I played golf with Trump, I would ask him when he is going to release the unredacted FISA applications.

More business is done on gold courses than golf or perhaps in some offices.

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Originally Posted by wacojoe

More business is done on gold courses than golf or perhaps in some offices.

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Yes - I agree fully. My brother is a successful business man. About 30 years ago he took up golf, specifically to make more business contacts. It worked.

Hunter

My fore some does not even keep score. If you hit a bad shot just drop a ball next to your cart mates ball. It's all for fun, not competition. When I play a tourney it's all legit and by the rules.

Well---maybe trump should get some golf lessons for the little chubby guy---then they would ride around in a cart together and stop the current game with the little chubby guy kicking sand in trump's face.

To be fair---this is the historical norm for the Kim's.

We talk nice
They talk nice
We give them concessions
They take the concessions
They give us the finger

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That was the norm pre-Trump.

^^^^
So what changed---nuttin honey :dunno:

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Originally Posted by Dave Grubb

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So what changed---nuttin honey :dunno:

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Foolish answer ignoring the facts. The Norks have stopped launching ballistic missiles and detonating nukes and the U.S. has invoked serious sanctions along with a certain degree of compliance by foreign entities. Big difference even if you want to deny it.

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Originally Posted by wacojoe

Foolish answer ignoring the facts. The Norks have stopped launching ballistic missiles and detonating nukes and the U.S. has invoked serious sanctions along with a certain degree of compliance by foreign entities. Big difference even if you want to deny it.

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I think they are back at it? North Korea

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Originally Posted by Blue74

I think they are back at it? North Korea

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“Tactical” - not a long-range ballistic missile.

Headline today —

North Korea sends US $2 million medical bill for Otto Warmbier’s care: report

“North Korea slapped the US with a $2 million bill for the hospital care of Otto Warmbier — forcing an American official to sign a pledge to fork over the money before being allowed to fly the comatose student back home from Pyongyang in 2017, according to a new report.

The US envoy sent to retrieve the University of Virginia student from the rogue regime signed an agreement to pay the bill on instructions passed down from President Trump, two people familiar with the situation told the Washington Post on condition of anonymity.

The invoice ended up at the Treasury Department, where it remained unpaid throughout 2017, the sources said...”
https://nypost.com/2019/04/25/north-...s-care-report/

And people say there is no advantage in having a professional welcher as president!

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Originally Posted by wacojoe

And people say there is no advantage in having a professional welcher as president!

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Sounds like the kind of guy who would cheat at golf. :doh:

Update on the Trump golf folly thread: someone hacked his golf handicap stuff and is turning in crappy scores. Ouch baby, right in the ego.:bowdown:

If someone hacked my handicap ledger and posted crappy scores, no one, including me, would ever suspect a thing.

For those swinging happly in your hammok because the little fat guy and trump are in love and nothing is going on to be concerned with anymore---maybe you would do well to read this from your beloved Fox biased tales.

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the little fat guy and trump are in love

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Does that get you all excited? Can't think of anything worth saying so you're going to start with more fantasies about Trump?