Not that long ago, well, long ago in “internet years,” the left and the Never Trumpers were aligned. Mr. Trump’s saber rattling would lead to nuclear war. With North Korea and Kim Jong Un. WWIII. The guy he is happily meeting in Hanoi this week. For the second time. To continue talks. Toward Peace.
Nuclear disarmament. Trade. A path for North Korea back into the international community.
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack ‘Red Line’ Obama didn’t do that.
Something else Obama didn’t do? Help seal a trade deal to sell Boeing Jetliners to Vietnam. It’s worth 21 billion. But, seriously. There isn’t a hell of a lot else to talk about yet.
The legacy press is calling it more dog and pony. And maybe that’s what it is. Others say any agreement will be short on substance and long on rhetoric. Like the Paris Accords? So, we shouldn’t expect too much. This is North Korea there isn’t much we can expect. Except that the coverage will be difficult to parse given all the anti-Trump bais in the global press. And that the Kim family is not known for keeping promises.
We also know Mr. Trump plays a long game. And he has managed to move just about every international agreement he’s approached in a direction that is beneficial to the United States. And while those didn’t require all the attention of this, I don’t think the game is any different.
We didn’t get world war III. There is a mutual dialogue in place. No one before Trump has managed it.
Let’s give credit where it is due.
And then, maybe send him to talk to India and Pah-kee-stahn where they appear ready to start a war over Kashmir again where both sides have nuclear weapons capability.
