05-06-2018, 10:12 AM
President Trump and company should be more careful not to count their chickens before they're hatched, in my opinion. GOP members petitioning for Trump to get a Nobel Peace Prize because Moon and Kim have agreed to aim for peace is premature and unhelpful in achieving the goal.
There have been positive steps in de-escalating tensions in the peninsula, and Kim has succeeded in getting some of the global praise and recognition he desires.
But, there are still zero formal agreements securing NK de-nuclearization. And, there is no guarantee that Kim is going to agree to destroying its nuclear arsenal and to never using nukes under any circumstances. Those are the kind of terms that Trump is saying should have been part of the Iran Nuclear agreement. There's nothing to indicate that Kim would ever make such a lifetime commitment any more than Iran would.
Giuliani publicly pretending to rip up the Iran Nuclear agreement and advocating for regime change in the country (saying that's what Trump wants as much as he does) was another stupid ill-advised piece of political theater. I think that stunt this weekend could negatively impact the likelihood of securing a bi-lateral or multi-literal de-nuclearization agreement with Kim or any other country's regime.
There have been positive steps in de-escalating tensions in the peninsula, and Kim has succeeded in getting some of the global praise and recognition he desires.
But, there are still zero formal agreements securing NK de-nuclearization. And, there is no guarantee that Kim is going to agree to destroying its nuclear arsenal and to never using nukes under any circumstances. Those are the kind of terms that Trump is saying should have been part of the Iran Nuclear agreement. There's nothing to indicate that Kim would ever make such a lifetime commitment any more than Iran would.
Giuliani publicly pretending to rip up the Iran Nuclear agreement and advocating for regime change in the country (saying that's what Trump wants as much as he does) was another stupid ill-advised piece of political theater. I think that stunt this weekend could negatively impact the likelihood of securing a bi-lateral or multi-literal de-nuclearization agreement with Kim or any other country's regime.