BAD PRESIDENT
As Hopes for North Korea Nuclear Talks Disintegrate the Internet Reminds Trump He Was Warned
The world hoped this time was different. Some went so far as to say maybe it took a madman to cut a deal with another madman. But as President Donald Trump went further into negotiating a nuclear summit with North Korea, all the signs were there. And liberals from the start warned Trump he didn’t know – and wasn’t bothering to learn about – who he was dealing with. That he needed to prep for the summit, and prepare for the tricks Kim Jong-un would pull along the way. That North Korea has done this before. And Tuesday night, without warning, Kim Jong-un did it again.
North Korea’s official state news agency announced late Tuesday night that it was suspending high level talks with South Korea over long-planned, annual military exercises with the U.S. And it threatened to cancel the nuclear summit with President Trump if U.S. demands didn’t change.
Experts had warned this would happen. But Trump doesn’t believe in experts. And he was too busy claiming “everyone” said he deserved a Nobel prize for his dealings with North Korea – which were minimal, South Korea took the lead – so he pushed ahead, believing his mere existence would solve the decades-old crisis.
Reporter: Do you deserve the Nobel Prize?
Pres. Trump: “Everyone thinks so, but I would never say it … The prize I want is victory for the world – not for even here – I want victory for the world. Because that’s what we’re talking about, so that’s the only prize I want.” pic.twitter.com/NepP4DY3rw
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 9, 2018
Now, America under Trump once again looks weak, inexperienced, and embarrassed.
Here’s what some are saying:
Dear Donald. Meet Lucy Jong Un. https://t.co/lAeFdCXg6U
— John Bare (@JBinSFO) May 16, 2018
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time.
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time.
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time.
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time.
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time.
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time.— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 16, 2018
.@StateDept completely blindsided by #NorthKorea sudden threat to cancel summit because of planned U.S./South Korea military exercises which the North said all along they knew would take place
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) May 15, 2018
Per MSNBC:
N. Korea official says no interest in US Summit if based on demand for N. Korea to give up Nukes.
Pretty sure every liberal saw this shit coming a mile away. Classic Trump. Has absolutely no fucking clue about foreign policy & history in general.
— ✊USAF✊ #VetsResistSquadron (@Goss30Goss) May 16, 2018
It’s shocking that North Korea isn’t willing to take the same deal that Trump just broke with Iran.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) May 16, 2018
The fact that Kim Jong-un made Trump look like a fool just weeks after Trump hired a dangerous warmonger as National Security Adviser is not good news for all life on Earth.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) May 16, 2018
What a “shocker.” Kim—dictator of a brutal, murderous, nuclear-armed police state—agrees to something, then adds pre-conditions, changes the rules, and threatens to bolt if he doesn’t get his way. These are all classic Trump tactics and now Kim’s using them on him /2
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) May 16, 2018
can’t stop laughing at Trump who took victory lap for *scheduling* meeting w/ nut job dictator https://t.co/4eoYYoTGFU
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) May 16, 2018
— Woke Progress Administration (@profmusgrave) May 16, 2018
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