DPRK - USA Summit

[Sosso]

 

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Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un have come together for a momentous summit, with the US president saying the meeting went “better than anybody could imagine”.

In a meet-up that seemed unthinkable just months ago, Mr Trump and Mr Kim met with staged ceremony at a Singapore island resort.

Before the watching world, they strode toward each other and clasped hands warmly before a row of alternating US and North Korean flags.

The duo then moved into a roughly 40-minute one-on-one meeting, joined only by their interpreters, before including their advisers for additional talks.

In advance of their private session, Mr Trump predicted “tremendous success” while Mr Kim said through an interpreter that “we have come here after overcoming” obstacles.

Aware that the eyes of the world were on a moment many people never expected to see, Mr Kim said many of those watching would think it was a scene from a “science fiction movie”.

In the run-up to the meeting, Mr Trump had predicted the two men might strike a nuclear deal or forge a formal end to the Korean War in the course of a single meeting or over several days.

But in the hours before the summit, the White House unexpectedly announced Mr Trump would depart Singapore earlier than expected — Tuesday evening — raising questions about whether his aspirations for an ambitious outcome had been scaled back.

Giving voice to the anticipation felt around the world, South Korean president Moon Jae-in said he “hardly slept” before the summit.

Mr Moon and other officials watched the live broadcast of the summit before a South Korean Cabinet meeting in his presidential office.

After meeting privately and with aides, Mr Trump and Mr Kim moved into the luncheon at a long flower-bedecked table.

As they entered, Mr Trump injected some levity to the day’s extraordinary events, saying: “Getting a good picture everybody? So we look nice and handsome and thin? Perfect.”

Then they dined on beef short rib confit along with sweet and sour crispy pork.

And as they emerged from the meal for a brief stroll together, Mr Trump appeared to delight in showing his North Korean counterpart the interior of “The Beast”, the famed US presidential limousine known for its high-tech fortifications.

Critics of the summit leapt at the leaders’ handshake and the moonlight stroll Mr Kim took Monday night along the glittering Singapore waterfront, saying it was further evidence that Mr Trump was helping legitimise Mr Kim on the world stage as an equal of the US president.

Mr Kim has been accused of horrific rights abuses against his people. During his stroll, crowds yelled out Mr Kim’s name and jostled to take pictures, and the North Korean leader posed for a selfie with Singapore officials.

Mr Trump responded to such commentary on Twitter, saying: “The fact that I am having a meeting is a major loss for the US, say the haters & losers.”

But he added “our hostages” are back home and testing, research and launches have stopped.

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http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/national/16284034.Trump__Kim_summit_better_than_anybody_could_imagine/

 

Edited June 12, 2018 by Sosso

[Ace Nova]

Nobel Peace prize for Trump.

 

[action]

the worst president in the history of the USA has done what no other did before. I wonder: does that say more about trump, or more about so called great presidents of the past?

I guess there will always be people who find bad in everything, but personally I say credit where credit is due. If it's good, it needs to be admitted too.

 

Edited June 12, 2018 by action

[EvanG]

It sounds like the start of a bad joke; a psychopatic dictator with an absurd haircut meets up with a narcissistic reality TV show host with an absurd haircut to discuss denuclearization, but sadly it's a reality.

Edited June 12, 2018 by EvanG

[Graeme]

Two of the very worst examples of our species, neither of whom should be anywhere near a position of authority or power, getting together to discuss not blowing one another up and taking the rest of us with them. What a horribly depressing state of affairs.

[action]

denuclearisation seems like a good idea. doesn't really matter if it's mickey mouse or donald duck signing the treaty. who signs it, is just a footnote.

I'm happy that north korea is softening their tone. that's good for everyone and for our children who have to live on in this world. hardly depressing.

[downzy]

Sorry, but did anyone actually pay attention to what was actually accomplished here?  

This will lead to nothing.  The statement signed is the most ambiguous piece of propaganda bullshit one could imagine.  No itemization of NK's nuclear inventory, no time line on denuclearization, nothing mentioned about ending the Korean War...  

Trump will want NK denuclearized by 2020 for his re-election.  That is never going to happen.  NK is saying it will take 15 years to finalize the process.  15 years.  Might as well say two days or a hundred years.  

I'm not saying that it isn't worth trying but let's call a spade a spade here.  This summit was meant for domestic audiences alone for the benefit of two people who should not be leading their countries.  

[Sosso]

Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit

 

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President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a first, historic summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018.

President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new U.S.–DPRK relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.  President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and Chairman Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Convinced that the establishment of new U.S.–DPRK relations will contribute to the peace and prosperity of the Korean Peninsula and of the world, and recognizing that mutual confidence building can promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un state the following:

The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.–DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.

The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.

Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.

Having acknowledged that the U.S.–DPRK summit—the first in history—was an epochal event of great significance in overcoming decades of tensions and hostilities between the two countries and for the opening up of a new future, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un commit to implement the stipulations in this joint statement fully and expeditiously.  The United States and the DPRK commit to hold follow-on negotiations, led by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a relevant high-level DPRK official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the U.S.–DPRK summit.

President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have committed to cooperate for the development of new U.S.–DPRK relations and for the promotion of peace, prosperity, and security of the Korean Peninsula and of the world.

DONALD J. TRUMP
President of the United States of America

KIM JONG UN
Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

June 12, 2018
Sentosa Island
Singapore

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/joint-statement-president-donald-j-trump-united-states-america-chairman-kim-jong-un-democratic-peoples-republic-korea-singapore-summit/

[downzy]

Here's a good summation of what went down:

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/a3aake/trumps-plan-for-north-korea-give-kim-what-he-wants-up-front?utm_source=vicenewsfb

[Sosso]

 

[AtariLegend]

My favorite part from today was when Trump used the press conference to attack Europe, Canada and China.

 

[JONEZY]

42 minutes ago, Sosso said:

 

Ambassador Rodman.

 

[-W.A.R-]

The summit should have remained canceled.

I would have been fine with SK and China handling this.

[Padme]

On 12/6/2018 at 5:57 PM, action said:

denuclearisation seems like a good idea. doesn't really matter if it's mickey mouse or donald duck signing the treaty. who signs it, is just a footnote.

I'm happy that north korea is softening their tone. that's good for everyone and for our children who have to live on in this world. hardly depressing.

Stalin and his communist Soviet Union joined the allies during WWII. At the time it was seen as a necessary evil. But later it also meant a divided Germany, Eastern Europe rule with an iron fist and courtain besides decades of Cold War.

We have to be careful about this move.