Thursday, February 28, 2019

North Korea tries to BLACKMAIL the US over its Nuclear Structure - Trump Era


Lets Get Real:

It was expected that after the Summit between the US and North Korea that the two sides would sign some kind of agreement, it can be postulated that North Korea thought as stated with President Trump in trouble at home, that they could push him in to a bad agreement.   It would be interesting to see the notes of the meeting between TRUMP and KIM, will the White House publish them as to counter statements by the North Koreans.   The President was elected on the idea that he could make the BEST DEALS, so far with the exception of an update to NAFTA, the President has either failed to make agreements or negated past ones.  In the future if North Korea wants another Summit the US State Department should do the groundwork in detail, just to avoid POTUS having to travel half away around the World for a pointless meeting.   South Korea and Japan will be concerned that North Korea will go off the reservation and start to act up again, either with nuclear test or the use of missile tests.   The hawks on the Republican side and the Conservative Democrats ( there must be some around ) should make sure that the Trump Oval knows that it was right to walk away and that Republicans and Democrats on the Hill will be keeping eye on the OVAL OFFICE.  It should be noted that Reagan and Gorbachev had a failed Summit in late 1986, that was about removing ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS, but it was the start of the end of the Cold War and it produced the INF Treaty that lasted from 1987-2019, it only ended when the Russians were found to have cheated on the Treaty. 

North Korea will not Budge when it comes to its Nuclear Policy - Trump Era


Lets Get Real:

At last President Trump has done something Presidential, he walked away from talks with North Korea, it seems that a light bulb has gone off in the brain of POTUS, he got the fact that he was being played by North Korea.   The President stated that North Korea wanted all sanctions off, in return for a limited denuclearisation, while NK stated it just wanted partial sanctions removed.   It can be postulated that Kim Jong-un seeing the weakness of Trump at home with the Russia investigation thought that POTUS would grant the concessions he wanted just for a picture op of the two leaders singing a limited agreement.   It will be interesting to see what North Korea does NEXT, will it carry on with back channel talks or will it start to test it nuclear weapons again and launch missiles over Japan.  The last option would be a MISTAKE, it would allow POTUS to get tough, even take military action, he could argue that he tried peaceful talks, and the NK tried to play him like a second hand car.    A tougher position on North Korea would go down well with the voters in 2020, it didn't do Reagan any harm in 1984, he was tough with the USSR and the economy was roaring along.  Of course Trump is NO REAGAN, he can not keep on message, and no one ever accused President Reagan of being an asset of the Russians.  Asia could get very hot or NK could fold when it comes to its nuclear weapons.