WH Press Secretary SHOVES
North Korean security guards aside
RT,
30 June, 2019
Incoming White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham was seen on video shoving a cohort of North Korean officials aside, in a bid to give US reporters access to President Trump’s historic meeting with Kim Jong-un.
In a physical confrontation captured by South Korean news channel YTN, Grisham plants herself between the North Korean guards and a railing, forcing open a passage for the American and South Korean reporters to pass.
CNN
earlier reported that Grisham and the North Koreans got into an “all
out brawl,” and
left the encounter bruised, though the incoming comms director
appeared fine when she appeared alongside Trump minutes later.
In
a meeting room nearby, Trump and Kim sat down to impromptu talks,
held after Trump made history by
becoming the first sitting US president to cross the heavily
fortified border at the Korean Demilitarized Zone and set foot inside
the North.
The
leaders’ handshake and Trump’s symbolic border crossing also
triggered a media stampede, with reporters jostling and shoving to
capture exclusive images.
Grisham
is due to replace Sarah Sanders as White House press secretary on
Tuesday, and will also fill the position of communications director.
Prior to her new roles, Grisham has served as First Lady Melania
Trump’s communications director for the past two years.
But,
but…. From Associated Press. Who's right?
New
White House press chief jostled by N Koreans
https://www.rt.com/usa/463080-trump-kim-coddling-dictator-democrats/
https://www.rt.com/usa/463069-trump-nuclear-missiles-military/
Tucker Carlson By Trump's Side At Korean DMZ, But Where Was Bolton?
30 June, 2019
Fox's Tucker Carlson was present in the official US delegation accompanying President Trump for his historic meeting with Kim Jong Un along the demilitarized line, where Trump became the first sitting American president to ever step foot in North Korea.
Following recent soaring tensions with Iran, which nearly led to war less than two weeks ago, it's since been confirmed that the outspoken non-interventionist Fox pundit was in Trump's ear advising him not to go to war against Tehran. And now Carlson has been seen prominently at Sunday's events along the Korean DMZ.
In the room: N. Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (left) and Tucker Carlson.
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But notably absent for the history-making occasion was the president's uber-hawk national security adviser John Bolton.
And where was the one person who's supposed to be America's most influential foreign policy thinker and personal adviser to the commander-in-chief?
Delighted to be in Ulaanbaatar & looking forward to meeting with officials to find ways to harness Mongolia’s capabilities in support of our shared economic & security objectives. Thank you for the warm welcome Secretary of State @davaasuren_d
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Where else but Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia? Apparently Trump is keeping Bolton far away from Korea at a time the White House is attempting to repair the damage from the failed Hanoi summit.
The Guardian confirms Tucker's presence at the DMZ summit while Bolton was simultaneously consigned to the Gobi Desert:
The DMZ meeting was all about shaping a narrative. That is why John Bolton, the ultra-hawkish national security adviser, was nowhere to be seen; he had been sent, or sent himself, to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. But the official US party included Tucker Carlson, a Fox News talkshow host, who is Trump’s principal channel to the non-interventionist section of his far-right base. Eleventh-hour conversations with Carlson reportedly persuaded Trump not to launch missiles against Iran this month, after the downing of a US drone.
The report suggests further that US-North Korea dialogue is at too sensitive a stage to have the blustering loudmouth neocon anywhere near it.
The Guardian continues:
The fact that the meeting on Sunday with Kim was more than perfunctory suggests that Trump, for all his bluster, is aware that a mere photo op could not guarantee his image as master deal maker all the way up to the November 2020 presidential election. There had to be some substance, and that would require repairing the damage done in Hanoi.
Last week Trump said during a Meet the Press interview while discussing Iran: “John Bolton is absolutely a hawk. If it was up to him he'd take on the whole world at one time, okay?”
Meanwhile, Carlson's presence as guest of the White House for the Kim summit is already subject of controversy, given that during a Fox & Friends interview he gave from South Korea he said that part of “what it means to lead a country” is “killing people.”
Carlson was responding to criticisms questioning how Trump could possibly meet with a vile dictator, for which the president has increasingly come under fire from both sides of the aisle. Trump is aiming to breath new life into nuclear negotiations which have been dormant since February, which requires direct talks with Kim.
In the controversial statements Carlson called Pyongyang a "monstrous" and "disgusting" regime, but also explained:
"It's not a choice between the evil people and the great people, it's a choice most of the time between the bad people and the worse people."
Tucker Carlson justifies KJU's murderous regime: "You've got to be honest about what it means to lead a country, it means killing people. A lot of countries commit atrocities, including our allies."
Carlson adds, 'it's silly and stupid to point out KJU is 'so mean''
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Monday night is also set to be interesting, given that Fox News will reportedly air a special interview with President Trump by Carlson which is to be recorded sometime Sunday.
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