North Korea says Trump wrote Kim, offered coronavirus cooperation

[denem]

Source: Reuters

Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday welcomed what it said was a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying it was a sign of “the special and very firm personal relations” between the two leaders despite recent frictions.

A senior Trump administration official confirmed Trump sent the letter and said it was “consistent with his efforts to engage global leaders during the ongoing pandemic.”

The president looks forward to continued communications with Chairman Kim, the official said.

Since Trump held a third summit with Kim last June and briefly stepped into North Korea from the demilitarized zone with South Korea, no progress has been made on the U.S. president’s bid to get Pyongyang to give up its nuclear and missile programs.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-northkorea/north-korea-says-trump-wrote-kim-offered-coronavirus-cooperation-idUSKBN2180YX

[Iliyah]

1. t-rump is in love with Kim . . .

[Beakybird]

2. No cooperation with democratic South Korea. Just with his BFF Kim.

[stillcool]

3. is that where the tests went?

[brewens]

4. He probably should be asking Kim for help. I wish I could use the sarcasm smiley. n/t

[Traildogbob]

6. Help North Korea?

But fuck America for cash. Do SOMETHING here first. After Putin can not hide the Russia numbers anymore, trump will send him a trillion dollar relief package, of out taxes. Remember, TRUMP PAYS NO TAXES. Loves giving ours away.

[keithbvadu2]

11. Place this in your text on a separate line. Without the space.

Place this in your text on a separate line... Without the space.

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[dweller]

5. f'him

can we just send him there permanently ?


✌🏼

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. tRump is grasping at straws for re-election. He's got 7 months to obtain a treaty that eluded 3 prez

[Mr. Ected]

9. If he singled out Kim as his pen pal, then damn we're in worse shape than any of us realized

Why North Korea? Why?

[denem]

10. he really likes the way Kim operates

"If you look at North Korea, this guy - I mean, he's like a maniac, ok, and you gotta give him credit," Mr Trump said. "How many young guys - he was like 26 or 25 when his father died - take over these tough generals? You know, it's pretty amazing when you think about it. How does he do that?"

"He goes in, he takes over and he's the boss. It's incredible. He wiped out the uncle, he wiped out this one, that one - I mean, this guy doesn't play games. and we can't play games with him. Because he really does have missiles and he really does have nukes."

January 10, 2016

[bluestarone]

12. DIRTY BASTARD

NO words here! Just cannot believe the mess we are in!

[Canoe52]

13. Is it April first already?

[denem]

14. That when the coronavirus will 'magically go away'.

-dear Leader

[Lonestarblue]

15. Is that why Trump had the federal government outbid states for vital masks and protective gear?

So he coukd offer it to Kim? I would not out it past him. If states are supposed to buy their own supplies, why did the federal government outbid them and prevent them from buying? What are they doing with those masks and protective gear (other than giving them to ICE)?

[denvine]

16. "consistent with his efforts to engage global leaders during the ongoing pandemic."

OK, let's see which other world leaders to whom he has sent a love letter. they are all liars! Kim has made a fool of him.

[Sapient Donkey]

17. I don't mind this at all.

While I agree with many that Trump is only doing this to try to get make some legacy of him opening up North Korea, and that he lacks the competence to get it done. I do feel like this is the how we should deal with North Korea. If we had a democratic president right now who was taking steps to try to thaw relations with NK, then republicans would stupidly be against it similarly to how the attacked what Obama was doing in cuba. But now that Trump has done this and most republicans are cheering it on, that gives a democratic president a way in because he can just say he/she is stepping in where Trump failed (or to catch more flies, leave the failure part out and say picking up where Trump left off)

From a big picture view, I can see some silver lining with Trump's North Korean efforts.