All
the lamestream can talk about is Trump’s comments about his own
mental health.
Turns
out he talked about about other things of infinately more import.
Trump ready to speak with Kim under certain conditions
RT,
6
January, 2017
Donald
Trump has said he is “absolutely” willing to talk on the phone to
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un if Tuesday's North-South meeting
yields positive results.
President
Trump, who has shown nothing but contempt for his North Korean
counterpart, spoke to the media at Camp David Saturday, once again
claiming credit for facilitating intra-Korean dialogue. Pyongyang and
Seoul earlier this week reactivated a communication hotline that's
been silent for nearly two years.
"He
[South Korean President Moon Jae-in] actually thanked me," Trump
said recalling a recent conversation with the South Korean
president. "He
said, and a lot of people have said, and a lot of people have
written, that without my rhetoric and without my tough stance... And
it is not just the stance, this is, this is what has to be done if it
has to be done, that they wouldn't be talking about Olympics, they
would not be talking right now."
Trump
himself, of course, was the loudest of the "lot of people"
who said that.
With all of the failed “experts” weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between North and South Korea right now if I wasn’t firm, strong and willing to commit our total “might” against the North. Fools, but talks are a good thing!
With
all of the failed “experts” weighing in, does anybody really
believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between North and
South Korea right now if I wasn’t firm, strong and willing to
commit our total “might” against the North. Fools, but talks are
a good thing!
He
suggested that he’d be willing to speak directly with Kim if
certain conditions were met. “Sure, I always believe in talking,”
the US president said, adding that Kim "knows I’m not messing
around, not even a little bit.” The specific preconditions,
however, were not expanded on. “If something can come out of those
talks, that would be a great thing for all of humanity, that would be
a great thing for the world,” he added.
The
possibility of direct engagement between Trump and Kim follows heated
exchanges and an increasingly personalized battle between the two
nuclear-armed leaders, culminating with the reciprocal boast that
their respective "nuclear buttons" are at the ready. "I
too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more
powerful one than his, and my Button works!" Trump tweeted in
reply to Kim's New Year speech that his "button is always on my
table."
On
Friday, Pyongyang agreed to Seoul's request to hold bilateral talks
on North Korea's participation in the Olympics and other matters of
"mutual interest" in the Korean Demilitarized Zone on
January 9. The meeting was made possible after Kim signalled a thaw
in the relationship with the South during the same New Year speech,
in which the now-famous 'button' was mentioned.
In
a phone conversation with Trump earlier this week, president Moon was
able to convince his ally to postpone their joint annual Foal Eagle
exercises until after the Winter Paralympic Games in March, so that
the talks between two the Koreas have a chance to succeed.
At
Camp David Saturday, Trump also said that unlike previous American
administrations, he is prepared to take a "tough" stance on
North Korea. "You have to have a certain attitude and you have
to be prepared to do certain things. And I'm totally prepared to do
that," the president told reporters.
Despite
previous statements from the State Department that Washington doesn't
trust Kim to abide by any agreements, Trump expressed support for the
upcoming intra-Korean talks. "I'd like to see them getting
involved in the Olympics and maybe things go from there. So I'm
behind that 100 percent," the president said. "I would love
to see it go far beyond the Olympics, absolutely. And at the
appropriate time, we'll get involved."
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