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Is this the biggest diplomatic debacle in the history of the republic ? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth May 2018 OP
Watch someone on Fox News claim that Trump is really playing multi-dimensional chess Sanity Claws May 2018 #1
He can't even spell chess! imanamerican63 May 2018 #3
Chess or chest? dalton99a May 2018 #4
No, Trump is working on something even more spectacular. Sneederbunk May 2018 #2
To date, only to date CanonRay May 2018 #5
There have been others about as bad... First Speaker May 2018 #6
It might have been, if anyone had really expected it to happen in the first place. Buns_of_Fire May 2018 #7

Sanity Claws

(21,841 posts)
1. Watch someone on Fox News claim that Trump is really playing multi-dimensional chess
Thu May 24, 2018, 10:50 AM
May 2018

and is really many steps ahead of Kim and everyone.

Like the Emperor's new clothes, we are just not sophisticated enough to see them.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
6. There have been others about as bad...
Thu May 24, 2018, 11:12 AM
May 2018

...the U2 incident. Ollie North and his Iranian Cake. Even the Iraq War, if you regard that as "diplomatic". But Trump has the unique ability to turn *everything* he touches to shit. Quantitatively, this is probably no worse than those others; but qualitatively, it has that touch of distinction that characterizes our current "administration".

Buns_of_Fire

(17,158 posts)
7. It might have been, if anyone had really expected it to happen in the first place.
Thu May 24, 2018, 11:15 AM
May 2018

It's sure shoved all other news aside. MSNBC is wall-to-wall "OMG!!!" about it.


I think it's just that someone finally told him that NK is too poor to afford a $500 million bribe, and there are no good sites in Pyongyang for an International Rump Resort & Country Club.

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