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On Thursday, a South Korean envoy came to the White House to bring the news that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un wanted to meet with Donald Trump. Kim offered a freeze on North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests in exchange for this sit-down. Trump accepted immediately, announcing that there would be a meeting “by May.”
What does all this mean? It could be a terrifically good thing or a horribly bad thing, though odds are it will turn out to be a completely non-thing. But there is one thing already clear: It’s a win for North Korea.
The biggest surprise of the day wasn’t that Kim made an offer, but that Trump immediately accepted. After all, what Kim put on the table was … pretty much nothing. It’s clear now that North Korea has developed the technology to build both nuclear weapons and long range missiles. They’ve demonstrated this repeatedly. They may still lack the ability to miniaturize the nuclear weapon to fit on their existing missiles, but that’s not something easily demonstrable. So, as far as public displays go, it doesn’t matter. North Korea has proved their point sufficiently to generate the desired level of fear among other nations. If you have any doubt about that, ask the good citizens of Hawaii.
Donald Trump meeting with Kim Jong-Un is a diplomatic victory—for North Korea
What does all this mean? It could be a terrifically good thing or a horribly bad thing, though odds are it will turn out to be a completely non-thing. But there is one thing already clear: It’s a win for North Korea.
The biggest surprise of the day wasn’t that Kim made an offer, but that Trump immediately accepted. After all, what Kim put on the table was … pretty much nothing. It’s clear now that North Korea has developed the technology to build both nuclear weapons and long range missiles. They’ve demonstrated this repeatedly. They may still lack the ability to miniaturize the nuclear weapon to fit on their existing missiles, but that’s not something easily demonstrable. So, as far as public displays go, it doesn’t matter. North Korea has proved their point sufficiently to generate the desired level of fear among other nations. If you have any doubt about that, ask the good citizens of Hawaii.
Donald Trump meeting with Kim Jong-Un is a diplomatic victory—for North Korea