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The whole thing was always a

ocean-kat — Sat, 26 May 2018 02:57:08 +0000

In reply to I was with Yglesias on this,

The whole thing was always a farce and Trump was the buffoon. When Kim asked for a meeting with the president of the US he was simply reiterating decades long NK policy. The four previous presidents refused. When Trump heard it he didn't realize that the offer had been made to four other presidents and thought he had done something no other president had done. Forced NK to the negotiating table with harsh sanctions. There was perhaps one chance in a billion that Kim was willing to seriously negotiate relinquishing his nuclear weapons. But the most likely scenario was that all he wanted the propaganda coup of the president of NK standing face to face as an equal with the president of the US.

Thanks. I used the Ezra Klein

artappraiser — Sat, 26 May 2018 02:22:15 +0000

In reply to Paul Waldman, writing in WaPo

Thanks. I used the Ezra Klein tweet quote to pass it on to a friend whose knickers get all in a twist along the lines of "end of the world!" when Trump touches North Korea. I said this time: here, I know you don't trust me when I say that, but Matt and Ezra say so too! I think we all should "remember that."

Paul Waldman, writing in WaPo

AmericanDreamer — Fri, 25 May 2018 19:16:27 +0000

In reply to I was with Yglesias on this,

Paul Waldman, writing in WaPo today, seems to agree: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/05/25/time-to-sto...

When @SangerNYT and I

artappraiser — Fri, 25 May 2018 01:35:17 +0000

In reply to Trump cancels nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

When @SangerNYT and I interviewed Trump in early 2016, you could have listened to half the interview and thought he was an interventionist, then thought he was an isolationist listening to the other half. https://t.co/MaVW3fHm7H
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 24, 2018

Trump's #NorthKoreaSummit

artappraiser — Fri, 25 May 2018 01:30:30 +0000

In reply to Tom Cotton, Trump Toadie and

Trump's #NorthKoreaSummit commemorative coin is now a "Deal of the Day" at the White House Gift Shop. h/t @typingelbow pic.twitter.com/QaHyAnyl9B
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) May 24, 2018

A leakers story is out! I

artappraiser — Fri, 25 May 2018 01:03:59 +0000

In reply to Trump cancels nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

A leakers story is now out; I just post, you decide which side they are on:

‘A lot of dial tones’: The inside story of how Trump’s North Korea summit fell apart

by Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker & Josh Dawsey @ WashingtonPost.com, May 24 at 7:14 PM

[...] This behind-the-scenes account of Trump’s decision to cancel the Singapore summit is based on interviews with seven administration officials, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to candidly discuss a sensitive matter [....]

I wonder if Trump has ever,

AmericanDreamer — Thu, 24 May 2018 22:51:20 +0000

In reply to Trump cancels nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

I wonder if Trump has ever, as in, in his entire life, taken responsibility for messing up?

I wonder if he has ever apologized, to anyone?

I find it difficult to conjure either image.

I was with Yglesias on this,

artappraiser — Thu, 24 May 2018 20:40:52 +0000

In reply to Interesting analysis @ The

I was with Yglesias on this, I think we have to start focusing on what's really going on and stop taking Trump so seriously:

I thought this @mattyglesias take was a bit harsh when I first heard it weeks ago but it proved completely prescient. https://t.co/LPoLmCGOlu
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) May 24, 2018

Tom Cotton, Trump Toadie and

NCD — Thu, 24 May 2018 18:41:27 +0000

In reply to Trump cancels nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Tom Cotton, Trump Toadie and Senator from R-Kansas (one Kansas isn't enough?), on how Trump is the smartest President in history, Free Beacon:

"North Korea has a long history of demanding concessions merely to negotiate," Cotton said in a statement. "While past administrations of both parties have fallen for this ruse, I commend the president for seeing through Kim Jong Un's fraud. As I have long said, our maximum-pressure campaign on North Korea must continue."

Duhh, I don't remember "past administrations" minting commemorative coins to celebrate "fraudulent, ruse" summits with North Korea....

Don't worry about it - I

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 24 May 2018 18:05:09 +0000

In reply to Interesting analysis @ The

Don't worry about it - I usually clear the dupes fairly quick (except when Duck posts 25 of them, but he's been good of late)