Is Trump Getting Cold Feet About His North Korea Summit?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Update: The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Trump has said the summit with Kim Jong-un "may not work out for June 12th," suggesting a potential delay. "If it doesn’t happen, maybe it will happen later," the president added.

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Ever since the announcement of a sit-down with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, President Trump and his allies have been eager to tout the meeting as an unprecedented diplomatic win. Earlier this month, Trump announced the June 12th summit on Twitter as if it were a pay-per-view boxing match. Republicans in Congress and a group of GOP governors have called for the president to win the Nobel Peace Prize. On Monday, the White House even released a military coin celebrating the historic showdown.

There's now a White House Military Office coin for the upcoming Trump Kim Jong Un summit. The North Korean dictator is referred to as "Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un." pic.twitter.com/tFAmE813Y1
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 21, 2018

The problem with all of the bluster from Team Trump is that the meeting hasn't even happened yet, and some officials are now worried it never will. Last Tuesday, North Korea reversed what had largely been a conciliatory tone by releasing a statement expressing "a feeling of repugnance" toward National Security Adviser John Bolton while claiming they will not agree to denuclearize in exchange for sanctions relief. On Sunday, the New York Times published a report about how Trump is "increasingly concerned" that the summit will be a "political embarrassment," noting that he has been discussing whether it even makes sense to go through with the highly anticipated trip.

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[3catwoman3]

1. He's too stupid...

...to be worried.

[dhol82]

2. Damn, those coins will not be worth squat

How curious.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Pardon my ignorance, but I have been kind of busy w/ work and I think I missed the

whole bit w/ the coins. What is the deal with that? Can you please fill me in?

[dhol82]

12. Official coins were minted to celebrate peace between us and North Korea

The thinking is that it was a bit premature.



He was really, really hoping for the Nobel.

[Hoyt]

3. He decided he better lower expectations as the day approaches. It's one thing to

make promises way off in the future, another when folks will know you are impotent in a few weeks.

[lunasun]

4. The U.S. coin looks like something from a wrestling fed. Trump needs more PR zing like

Showdown in Singapore ! The American Patriot vs Supreme Leader
Where's don King when he is needed ?
I think King could get this event up and running
is he retired?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. The brawl between the blubber bellies

[lunasun]

7. Maybe they could just get physical and fight it out in sumo suits

Talks are for loser listeners !
I could see both agreeing to a brawl instead .

[matt819]

6. I read somewhere just a while ago

That the South Koreans say that there’s a 99.9% chance at the summit will take place.

Kind of makes you wonder if somehow the North Koreans in the South Koreans are both playing Trump to make him look like a fool. The North Koreans play rope a dope by playing to the buffoon’s ego, and the South Koreans go in for a TKO just when the buffoon is trying to back out.

The North Koreans don’t lose anything because, hey, they were willing to meet all along. South Koreans don’t lose anything because all they have to do is shame the US into making no changes to US military position in the Korean Peninsula.

[CanonRay]

8. He's a lazy SOB, and Korea is hard.

He doesn't like anything that is hard.

[RockRaven]

9. Kim is going to eat Trump's f*cking lunch, and the reason why is obvious to everybody

Trump is desperate for "wins" of any kind. But Trump is an utterly unrepentant bullsh*tter. So the detailed facts of any so-called "win" don't matter, only creating a media opportunity to declare such a "win."

As such, Trump needs a deal. ANY deal. And Kim knows this about Trump, because anyone who just watches any television (besides Fox News) knows this. So Kim will get concessions from Trump that no other POTUS would agree to, because he will give away extra just to get to the finish line of "a deal." ANY DEAL. No matter how bad for the USA, our allies, the world, or any party other than Dotard J Lump.

Add to that the problem that the Kims/DPRK haves a thorough history of not fulfilling their agreed-upon obligations, and Trump's impatience with, you know, DETAILS, and North Korea is absolutely not going to follow through on whatever they promise in any said deal with Trump.

If there ends up being any sort of agreement/deal with North Korea during Trump's presidency, it is CERTAIN that it will be bad for the USA and good for Kim.

[Wellstone ruled]

11. John Bolton,that is what everyone needs to know.

China and Russia will not let Bolton or Trump screw up their personal two car funeral. Donnie loses once again. But,Putin will help him during the mid terms.

Please pay attention.

[kentuck]

13. He's making excuses...

..in case it doesn't work out. He doesn't want to be the big "Loser".