Trump continues to misjudge and mishandle foreign adversaries. This time with North Korea’s Kim Jung Un. This is where experienced diplomats might have come in handy.
Empty bragging is nothing new for Trump. It’s as natural to him as breathing…but A. B. Stoddard pulled back the curtain on a startling reason the release of 3 Americans by North Korea last week was really no accomplishment. Kim Jong Un captures political prisoners just so he can release them later. Apparently, this is common knowledge and a familiar M. O. in the world of North Korean foreign policy…
STODDARD: [Trump’s] posture is,”This is going so smoothly, only I could have even gotten us to this. No one ever thought we could get even this far in the planning. Negotiations are going well. Kim is being open and honorable.” And really if you look at it from the outside, look at it from Kim Jong-Un’s perspective, he captures people so that he can release them. That’s a ploy that’s always used.
She goes on to confirm the ways in which Trumpy Bear is being played. The panel had been discussing how former CIA Director John Brennan was concerned Trump was being duped by North Korean PR moves. Now Kim is threatening to cancel the talks over exercises he has himself agreed would continue. If Kim Jong Un finds himself able to drive a wedge between the U.
