Trump said N. Korea wasn’t a nuclear threat anymore. Was he stupid or just a liar (or both)?
NBC News EXCLUSIVE: North Korea has increased nuclear production at secret sites, say officials https://t.co/DUk029DSyo
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) June 29, 2018
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells US lawmakers that North Korea remains a nuclear threat, but defends President Trump for tweeting earlier this month, "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea" https://t.co/Vj58PuQJ2m pic.twitter.com/lLdUIFUY8b
— CNN (@CNN) June 27, 2018
At best, Trump got played by a dictator making the same empty promises.
At worst, Trump is looking away as he hopes to destroy the Western alliance and align with Russia, China, NK, etc.
Either way, he's frighteningly incompetent. #Resisthttps://t.co/lWcCJLsB3O via @NBCNews
— Ryan Gillespie (@AStableJeenyus) June 29, 2018
The Trump administration promised Congress a window into, and even say in, the North Korea nuclear talks. So far, lawmakers have gotten virtually nothing, reports @desiderioDC https://t.co/mCWxpJZvqn
— Sam Stein (@samstein) June 27, 2018
Trump breaks nuclear deal with country where it was working; then cuts nuclear deal with another country that doesn’t work. https://t.co/dnco88ovyt
— Richard Yeselson (@yeselson) June 30, 2018
The @washingtonpost confirms our @NBCInvestigates reporting that US intelligence shows North Korea trying to deceive the US about its nuclear program. https://t.co/dvj1hazFxk
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) July 1, 2018
This suggests 12 officials were worried the White House would bury the intelligence https://t.co/Ms1FiE836Q
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) June 30, 2018
Who knew negotiating nuclear weapons with a cruel, paranoid, lying authoritarian could be so complicated? https://t.co/1d2hWEP4ir
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 1, 2018
Trump uses evidence that North Korea is cheating not as leverage for bargaining with Kim Jong Un, but instead as leverage for attacks against the US news media. https://t.co/JDzIHg9cve
— Matt Viser (@mviser) July 3, 2018