Trump Tells Pompeo Not To Travel To North Korea Due To Lack Of Progress

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Source: TPM

President Trump on Friday told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not to travel to North Korea, citing a lack of progress toward denuclearization.

I have asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not to go to North Korea, at this time, because I feel we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2018

…Additionally, because of our much tougher Trading stance with China, I do not believe they are helping with the process of denuclearization as they once were (despite the UN Sanctions which are in place)…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2018

…Secretary Pompeo looks forward to going to North Korea in the near future, most likely after our Trading relationship with China is resolved. In the meantime I would like to send my warmest regards and respect to Chairman Kim. I look forward to seeing him soon!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2018



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[hibbing]

1. I thought he alone already solved this

What a complete joke, remember after the embarrassing summit where he claimed North Korea was no longer a threat?

Peace

[Leghorn21]

2. Hey, FUCKHEAD, did you also tell Pompeo to tell Lavrov that NO, we will not hand over

ex-ambassador Michael McFaul and the eleven other Americans Putin wants to “question”?

Did you tell Pompeo to tell that Lavrov motherfucker that NO, we will not send Ms. Mariia Butina back to Moscow just yet?

No? Well then you can

FUCK RIGHT OFF

[RKP5637]

3. The ass in the WH is a F'en idiot! n/t

[mobeau69]

4. Can't justify bombing NK while we're talking to lil' Kim.

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

5. This worries me...a lot.

My niece is in the Army and just got deployment orders to South Korea in October

[Snellius]

6. But you promised! What about those condos overlooking the Sea of Japan?

The Trump Pyongyang Hotel? With the golden statues of you and Kim shaking hands? The Trump National Golf Club in the DMZ? Nothing?

[docgee]

7. In other words...

Kim cancelled the meeting.

[NCjack]

14. That's the way it was. nt

[RussBLib]

8. Welcome to reality

Asshole!

Has anyone ever heard Trump express any humility? That wasn't a lie, that is.

[brush]

9. He knows the hounds are closing in. This is dangerous as he might think...

that raising nuclear war tensions with NK may be the only thing that can save him.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. No Nobel prize for you

[AKing]

11. On trusting Kim Jong Un "I may be wrong, I mean I may stand before you in six months and say,...

‘Hey I was wrong.’ I don’t know that I’ll ever admit that, but I’ll find some kind of an excuse.”

[keithbvadu2]

12. But, but, but Dotard said that Rocketman was "very honorable".

But, but, but Dotard said that Rocketman was "very honorable".

[NCjack]

15. Apparently, Rocketman's standards do not allow him to deal with

crooked Donnie.

[soryang]

13. "at this time"

It makes no sense for Pompeo to go this week because (1) he has nothing to offer on counts 1 and 2 of the Singapore declaration and (2) why go before Xi and Moon make have their respective summits with Kim?

After continuously poking Xi in the eye, not just on trade but also diplomatically, with the stupid remarks concerning El Salvador and China, he could wait and see if Xi will encourage Kim to go forward on the negotiations anyway, wait and see if Kim rolls out ICBMs during the parade (perhaps in Xi's presence on Sept 9), or how China intends to handle this. Moon can find out ahead of time, and convey the message to Washington, whatever it is for better or worse. The timing of President Moon's visit could be important. Will he get to see Kim before the UN General Assembly convenes on Sep. 18? If he does, some meaningful negotiations or gestures could possibly take place there.

If China, Russia, North Korea, and, for that matter, South Korea, are waiting for the US to make a small gesture on the "peace regime" on the peninsula, and moves toward normalization of relations, it can't happen due to Trump's impaired and weakened position domestically in the US. The US is offering nothing, is focused on denuclearization only, and for that reason, it is likely that Kim wouldn't even talk to Pompeo at all even if he did go to Pyongyang. Pompeo had nothing to offer so he appointed an envoy with a currently irrelevant and untimely economic message.