In a gesture utterly worthy of Neville Chamberlain, Donald Trump announced the unilateral ending of joint military exercise in South Korea. North Korea offered no actions in return other than a promise of peace. Our allies were not told of Trump’s decisions. Meanwhile, Russia and China have already relaxed sanctions with the apparent implicit consent of Trump. Trump is also asking Japan to give up its own plutonium reserves.
SUMMIT STUNNER: TRUMP CONCESSION BLINDSIDES S.K.
From a purely visual perspective, the red, white and blue and the stars of the American and North Korean flags could not have been better coordinated — at times, it seemed the two countries’ flags were playing an optical illusion of merging into one. Oh, the irony.
Der Spiegel: It’s Time to Isolate Donald Trump
After that $20 million summit bill, with the stature of the United States of America — particularly the prestige of the office of the US president – at stake, plus the trust and security concerns of Washington’s allies in East Asia, experts assessed that the unprecedented Trump-Kim meeting in Singapore didn’t amount to much.
Kim Jong Un Sends Greetings To Russian President
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