03-05-2019, 09:40 PM
** 28-Feb-2019 Report: Trump blindsided Kim Jong-un at summit
According to a report on the Fox Business Network this morning,
Donald Trump blindsided Kim Jong-un by revealing intelligence
that America knows a lot more about North Korea's nuclear
and missile development sites than Kim had previously revealed.
According to the report, Kim had hoped to bluff his way through a
commitment to close the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in
exchange for an immediate end to all sanctions.
Kim Jong-un appears to be replaying the same fraudulent script that
his father Kim Jong-il followed in 2008. At that time, the North
demolished a 60-foot-tall cooling tower to prove that it was ending
its nuclear development programs. In reaction, the Bush
administration agreed to remove all sanctions. As soon as they were
removed, North Korea immediately and openly resumed its nuclear and
ballistic missile development. They had completely defrauded the
United States and the world.
So Trump undoubtedly reminded Kim of Bush's experience, and gave
that as a reason why immediate lifting of sanctions was impossible.
But the report says that Trump went much further by calling
on John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, who were present at the meeting
and had thoroughly prepared Trump for the meeting, to reveal
intelligence that America knew a lot more about Kim's nuclear
and ballistic missile weapons programs than the North believed.
Trump was able to say that Kim had to do more than promise to
denuclearize. He would have to provide a step-by-step plan
for how it would be accomplished. This would also include
a step-by-step plan for how sanctions would be lifted simultaneously.
Kim did not want to provide a step-by-step plan to denuclearize. He
simply wanted all sanctions lifted, with a promise to denuclearize, as
his father did. So Trump canceled the planned lunch and joint news
conference and walked away.
Trump was also sending a message to China that he's prepared to walk
away from the China trade negotiations.
Left on the table was the proposal to sign a treaty with South Korea
and China to officially end the 1950s Korean War, which ended with an
armistace/ceasefire.
--- Trump cuts short North Korea summit after dispute over sanctions:
'Sometimes you have to walk'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-w...-to-summit
(Fox News)
--- Related:
** 5-Nov-18 World View -- US and South Korea resume some military marine drills, despite North's objections
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e181105
********** UPDATE:
The following article contains a little more information on how the
Trump team blindsided the Kim team:
--- Trump-Kim summit was cut short after North Korea demanded an end to sanctions
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/28/white-ho...edule.html
(CNBC)
According to a report on the Fox Business Network this morning,
Donald Trump blindsided Kim Jong-un by revealing intelligence
that America knows a lot more about North Korea's nuclear
and missile development sites than Kim had previously revealed.
According to the report, Kim had hoped to bluff his way through a
commitment to close the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in
exchange for an immediate end to all sanctions.
Kim Jong-un appears to be replaying the same fraudulent script that
his father Kim Jong-il followed in 2008. At that time, the North
demolished a 60-foot-tall cooling tower to prove that it was ending
its nuclear development programs. In reaction, the Bush
administration agreed to remove all sanctions. As soon as they were
removed, North Korea immediately and openly resumed its nuclear and
ballistic missile development. They had completely defrauded the
United States and the world.
So Trump undoubtedly reminded Kim of Bush's experience, and gave
that as a reason why immediate lifting of sanctions was impossible.
But the report says that Trump went much further by calling
on John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, who were present at the meeting
and had thoroughly prepared Trump for the meeting, to reveal
intelligence that America knew a lot more about Kim's nuclear
and ballistic missile weapons programs than the North believed.
Trump was able to say that Kim had to do more than promise to
denuclearize. He would have to provide a step-by-step plan
for how it would be accomplished. This would also include
a step-by-step plan for how sanctions would be lifted simultaneously.
Kim did not want to provide a step-by-step plan to denuclearize. He
simply wanted all sanctions lifted, with a promise to denuclearize, as
his father did. So Trump canceled the planned lunch and joint news
conference and walked away.
Trump was also sending a message to China that he's prepared to walk
away from the China trade negotiations.
Left on the table was the proposal to sign a treaty with South Korea
and China to officially end the 1950s Korean War, which ended with an
armistace/ceasefire.
--- Trump cuts short North Korea summit after dispute over sanctions:
'Sometimes you have to walk'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-w...-to-summit
(Fox News)
--- Related:
** 5-Nov-18 World View -- US and South Korea resume some military marine drills, despite North's objections
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e181105
********** UPDATE:
The following article contains a little more information on how the
Trump team blindsided the Kim team:
--- Trump-Kim summit was cut short after North Korea demanded an end to sanctions
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/28/white-ho...edule.html
(CNBC)