Trump won’t get anything from Kim. It’s horrible that he is sucking up to a dictator. The only question is how much he will give away so he can have a photo op for a deal.
I just can't. This is the mirror image of the Cohen testimony. Everything Trump does is a fraudulent PR stunt. It is one thing when that's a TV show or corrupt building project. It is quite another when it involves nuclear weapons and selling out to a US adversary for a photo op. https://t.co/NvODTkri79
— Max Bergmann (@maxbergmann) February 27, 2019
1/ 🚨THREAD: the fact that Trump wants a deal so bad and is such a terrible negotiator should scare us all heading into the summit with Kim. So here’s a rundown of what Trump should be asking for from the North Koreans if we want a good deal.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 27, 2019
Dear @realDonaldTrump: I hope you do "it." But as of right now, here are the facts.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 27, 2019
North Korea has NOT:
-Eliminated any nukes
-Eliminated any missiles
North Korea HAS:
-Increased nuclear fuel production
-Gotten you to stop US joint military readiness exercises#FactsMatter https://t.co/rg3KXybSX0
Who can come up with anything comparable to “my friend Kim Jong Un”?
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) February 27, 2019
-FDR allied w Stalin but didn’t truckle to him.
-US prez’s have allied w Marcos, Batista, Shah, a string of Saudi rulers, etc—but as a matter of national interest vs “friendship.”
-Dennis Rodman, OK. A prez? https://t.co/zQSlAiUzgF
Prepping with Putin? Putin doesn’t share the same goals as we do. Our IC is unbiased – Putin is not. Why does @POTUS believe him over the US IC?
— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) February 26, 2019
Putin does have more first hand experience w NK but his biggest goal is to keep us down, even if that means more NO nukes https://t.co/yCVcGx7AuG
The Trump administration softens its hard line on a North Korea deal https://t.co/YUCqByEGTa
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) February 26, 2019
Once again Russians speak for Trump, reminding him and the world that they own him. The pic of Lavrov in the Oval Office made me deeply sad, as does this. https://t.co/KbDm1eXi4k
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) February 26, 2019
An important, under-appreciated point:
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) February 26, 2019
In normal circs, head-of-state summit happens only *after* the deal has been (nearly) worked out, not when there’s no deal in prospect.
And that’s w leaders both better informed on details, and less vain about claiming “wins,” than Trump. https://t.co/Az3P6dXXOc
Trump is the perfect “useful idiot” — utterly ignorant about adversary, gullible to the point of blindness and desperate to be seen as a dealmaker. The intelligence community knows it. The Senate knows it. Worst of all, Kim knows it. https://t.co/FOxpuwESYS
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 25, 2019
Trump has abandoned human rights in North Korea https://t.co/IFXSET5cIu
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) February 25, 2019
He literally starves his people to death and executes dissidents https://t.co/qX7zFwTa0V
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) February 24, 2019
.@jaketapper: Do you still think North Korea is a nuclear threat despite President Trump saying they are not?@SecPompeo: Yes. And he didn’t say that. @jaketapper: Yes he tweeted it. It’s a direct quote. #CNNSOTU
— Amanda Golden (@amandawgolden) February 24, 2019
Sad! 