Trump ignores joint efforts by his favorite dictators to undermine US security
He’s become world famous for embracing America’s enemies and backstabbing our allies. Yet, President Donald Trump outdid himself Sunday — on the eve of joint military exercises with South Korea — when he announced the U.S. was scaling back participation to avoid offending his great friend, the nuclear-armed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Perhaps this was just a frantic attempt to shift…
President Donald Trump has recently taken an unprecedented step by reducing U.S. participation in joint military exercises with South Korea in an effort to avoid offending North Korea's nuclear-armed leader, Kim Jong Un. This move appears to be a desperate attempt to divert attention from the ongoing crisis in Iran.
The two nations had hoped to end Tehran's nuclear program, but President Trump is now proposing nuclear talks with Kim "without preconditions." This approach is reminiscent of the past, when Kim wrote Trump "beautiful letters" in 2018 and he reciprocated the sentiment.
The joint military exercises, according to Trump, would be "inappropriate and hostile" towards a country that has been "unthreatening and respectful" during his presidency. However, this description of North Korea seems to be far from the truth. Kim Jong Un has consistently humiliated Trump during their meetings, rejecting nuclear talks in 2018 and 2019 and vastly expanding his arsenal of nuclear weapons and missiles. It is clear that Kim Jong Un is determined to be recognized as a nuclear power.
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