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The Singapore summit actually made the world a safer place. The presidents critics wont admit it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/trump-kim-jong-un-summit/562934/
The irony, therefore, is nearly irresistible. In his nuclear summit this week in Singapore, Trump gave up moreand got lessthan Obama did with Iran. He flattered Kim Jong Un in ways Obama never flattered Hassan Rouhani or Ayatollah Khamenei. And so, having been offered a free shot on goal, congressional Democrats are taking it. Its satisfying to expose your political adversaries as frauds.
But the Democrats are wrong. Theyre not wrong that Trump proved a weaker, dumber negotiator than Obama. Theyre wrong to suggest that makes the Singapore summit a failure. In their desire to prove themselves savvy and tough, Democrats are proving myopic. And theyre making themselves de facto allies of ultra-hawks like John Bolton, who may try to derail the Trump-Kim peace process, and revive the threat of war.