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I agree:

artappraiser — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:13:25 +0000

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I agree:

This is a great piece https://t.co/57tPNch1dA
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 6, 2019

"President Bolton":

artappraiser — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 02:24:11 +0000

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"President Bolton":

President Bolton. https://t.co/FGtwiUV8yz pic.twitter.com/zqsAWjOAmD
— Kingston Reif (@KingstonAReif) March 5, 2019

Edit to add, on same article:

many consider Bolton the antithesis of Scowcroft.Rather than overseeing policy discussions, he planned to spend as much time at Trump’s side https://t.co/todbGQaQG8
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) March 5, 2019

Day 772: In which everyone’s

artappraiser — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 02:22:26 +0000

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Day 772: In which everyone’s least favorite Civil War daguerreotype bends himself into a Nunes Pretzel because spines are libtard cuckhoax. #trumpcrimefamily #magaisformorons #thedailydon pic.twitter.com/BxsfY77Z4r
— TheDailyDon (@JRDuquette) March 5, 2019

Daniel Dale furnished a

artappraiser — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 10:49:38 +0000

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Daniel Dale furnished a running record of Trump's blathering at CPAC:

Trump will speak to the CPAC conference in Maryland shortly. Tweets in this thread.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 2, 2019

another reader of the above,

artappraiser — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 02:30:30 +0000

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another reader of the above, a "Yonsei University Professor: in Seoul:

Props to @ewong @SangerNYT for flagging this point for loyal readers who make it to the end of their Hanoi Fizzle deconstruction pic.twitter.com/r9DVniUbRS
— John Delury (@JohnDelury) March 2, 2019

This is an absolutely

artappraiser — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 00:40:48 +0000

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This is an absolutely fabulous article rounding up not just what happened at the summit but everything you need to know about what everyone in the Trump admin from Day One thought and argued about on topic. I highly recommend. A plus is that it is in plain lingo, easy to read, unlike many on topic that are too much like homework. One spoiler: Pompeo and Bolton did not agree with what Trump was trying to do in this last summit.

How the Trump-Kim Summit Failed: Big Threats, Big Egos, Bad Bets

By David E. Sanger and Edward Wong @ NYTimes.com March 2, 2019

interestingly still in HANOI, Vietnam —

[....] In interviews with a half-dozen participants, it is clear Mr. Trump’s failed gambit was the culmination of two years of threats, hubris and misjudgment on both sides [....]

One can't really say Trump

artappraiser — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 08:08:59 +0000

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One can't really say Trump didn't change anything because who else could have caused this: shazaam! just like magic, after so many decades of same old same old, the North Korean regime has learned a fun new way to do propaganda! Spin the reporters!

North Korea disputes Trump’s Hanoi summit claims

In surprise post-midnight press briefing following hotel talks fiasco, Pyongyang tells its side of the story

By ANDREW SALMON @ Asia Times, Feb. 28

In a highly unusual development, North Korea called a post-midnight press briefing in Hanoi to dispute some of the claims made earlier in the day by Donald Trump in a press conference that the US president had held following a summit that ended unexpectedly with no declaration and no agreement.

“What we have asked for was partial lifting of sanctions, not entirely,” Pyongyang’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said at the late-night briefing, according to Kyodo News. “In detail, we asked to lift five sanctions that were imposed within 2016 and 2017, out of total 11 sanctions, which would affect ordinary people’s economy and life.”

Ri’s statement contradicted what Trump had said hours earlier in his own press conference [....]

(Looks like Sarah Sanders really will have another option after her White House gig ends?!)

David Sanger, no slouch on

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:54:48 +0000

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David Sanger, no slouch on topic, in going over what happened with plenty of detail, also ends up doing a splainer why recent presidents have not gone the personal route with NK:

History suggests that the North Koreans may try to pressure Mr. Trump by escalating https://t.co/QSkELiMUaC
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) March 1, 2019

Walking away from the summit

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:46:52 +0000

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Rep. Adam Schiff:

Walking away from the summit was better than making a bad deal. It’s also the result of a poorly planned strategy.

But accepting Kim’s denial of involvement in Warmbier’s death? Detestable, and harkens back to Trump’s duplicitous acceptances of denials from other dictators. https://t.co/JvidU3AJYO
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 28, 2019

Warmier statement a bridge

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 01:35:35 +0000

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Warmier statement a bridge too far for Senators Graham & Collins, House Minority Leader McCarthy, as well as the GOP Rep. from Warmier's district. While Mitch, well he is old and hard of hearing, doesn't catch some things?:

Republicans push back on Trump’s trust of Kim on the death of Otto Warmbier

By John Wagner & Seung Min Kim @ WashingtonPost.com, Feb. 28

[....] Speaking to reporters at a news conference Thursday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) also counseled caution on trusting Kim.

“I do not see the leader of North Korea as somebody who’s a friend,” McCarthy said. “We know what happened to Otto. We know what this country has done. I support the president in his effort to denuclearize them, but I do not have a misbelief of who this leader is.”

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who has been a staunch Trump ally on many issues, said he didn’t “buy it for a minute” that Kim had nothing to do with Warmbier’s treatment. He suggested Trump was “probably trying to leave some space to negotiate” on broader issues with Kim by saying he trusted his account.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she was “surprised that [Trump] accepted at face value, apparently, what happened to the American who was held there.”

Other leading Republicans avoiding commenting on Trump’s assessment of Kim’s truthfulness.

During floor remarks Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) praised Trump’s performance in Hanoi but made no mention of his comments regarding Warmbier [....]