I thought Republicans were big on free enterprise. They have been quiet as Trump suggests a boycott of AT&T because he doesn’t like the coverage he gets on their subsidiary CNN. This is how dictators act.
Category: North Korea
Trump team lies about North Korea sanctions
It’s disgraceful that Trump likes Kim more than American hero John McCain.
Bloomberg reports Trump's team lied when they said Trump's tweet was about possible sanctions that hadn't been revealed – his tweet indeed intended to reverse the newly announced sanctions, then aides persuaded him to back off and made up a "cover story." https://t.co/CzkfFf9Gga
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 26, 2019
That his aides would craft a cover story that makes him look like a fool tells you a lot. https://t.co/oZZvB5Fkgz
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 26, 2019
Rubio says Trump's reversal on North Korea sanctions was "not helpful" https://t.co/xVE9joir9p pic.twitter.com/a12PDb2STV
— The Hill (@thehill) March 24, 2019
Sources say Trump did not withdraw the North Korea sanctions from Thursday, instead he’s canceling a future round of unannounced large scale sanctions expected for next week. It was a major communications failure as a result of his ambiguous tweet
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) March 22, 2019
in just 24 hours the secstate was surprised by Golan Heights tweet & now @realDonaldTrump has lifted new Treasury sanctions vs NK b/c he likes Chairman Kim. There is not even the pretense of a national security process. Hard to imagine what would occur if there were a real crisis
— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) March 22, 2019
Sen. Warner: "This is just amateur hour. In exchange for absolutely nothing from North Korea, the President just reversed his own Administration on the world stage. This erratic, incoherent approach to foreign policy is making the world a more dangerous place."
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 22, 2019
The summit is just a photo op and a distraction
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
Trump will cave in to North Korea again
He’ll make more concessions and get nothing. He is oblivious to the facts which show that North Korea is not disarming. He just wants a show. He will continue to lie about this. Trump loves dictators. Even Pompeo knows Trump is wrong about North Korea’s actions so far. Sad!
Just to state the obvious: An American president bleating, “Great relationship with Chairman Kim,” is revolting. https://t.co/ISw1nMwsaH
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 24, 2019
Back in June, President Trump tweeted: "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea." Trump's claim is now causing trouble for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. https://t.co/cx7FRX2pBE
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 24, 2019
Pres. Trump's affection for Kim Jong-Un has created a "deep unease" among the president's own foreign-policy advisers, @sbg1 says.
— Fareed Zakaria (@FareedZakaria) February 24, 2019
From our conversation, on GPS at 10am/1pm ET today on CNN: https://t.co/mxdoF5uIUw
You went bankrupt running casinos, which are mathematically and scientifically designed to take cash from stupid people.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 24, 2019
A particularly slow possum could out-negotiate you. https://t.co/aFg5QCkeZm
“I concur,” Pompeo says after @jaketapper notes there haven’t been “concrete” North Korea steps on denuclearization. “There are many things he could do to demonstrate his commitment to” denuclearize. Last June, Trump tweeted: “There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 24, 2019
What do President Trump and Kim Jong Un want out of the summit in Hanoi this week? For starters, Trump wants Kim to agree to a nuclear weapons freeze; Kim wants Trump to begin easing sanctions https://t.co/WWAMTKiLwa
— Paul Beckett (@paulwsj) 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
“Trump appears to mistake his rapport with Kim for evidence that the material threat from North Korea has receded.”https://t.co/MIfbPSyjIY
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) February 24, 2019
Sad! 