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Eugene

(61,881 posts)
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 06:54 PM Jan 2019

Trump-Kim February Summit Expected to Take Place in Vietnam

Source: Bloomberg

Administration officials are planning for President Donald Trump’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to take place in Vietnam, said people familiar with the plans.

The White House announced on Friday that Trump would meet Kim in late February, following a 90-minute meeting between the president and Kim Yong Chol, one of the North Korean leader’s top aides. The pair discussed denuclearization and a second summit, the White House said. Kim Yong Chol also met Friday with Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.

Trump and Kim held their first meeting in Singapore in June.

The February summit is likely to take place in Hanoi, the capital, but Danang, site of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, and Ho Chi Minh City in the country’s south have also been discussed as possible venues.

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By Jennifer Jacobs and Nick Wadhams
January 20, 2019, 9:37 AM EST Updated on January 20, 2019, 1:47 PM EST


Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-20/trump-kim-february-summit-expected-to-take-place-in-vietnam

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Trump-Kim February Summit Expected to Take Place in Vietnam (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2019 OP
Same time Cohen appears before Congress......? Cryptoad Jan 2019 #1
No. former9thward Jan 2019 #14
Maybe Trumps hosts Turbineguy Jan 2019 #2
Finally gets to Vietnam Historic NY Jan 2019 #3
He went there in 2017 dalton99a Jan 2019 #6
Ok he should stay at the Hanoi Hilton.... Historic NY Jan 2019 #8
Cadet Bone Spurs finally made it to VN. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #11
Maybe he'll get the Purple Heart kskiska Jan 2019 #21
There is a McDonald's in Hanoi - finally dalton99a Jan 2019 #4
And accomplish absolutely nothing.... paleotn Jan 2019 #5
Probably meet PUTIN also!!!!!!!! bluestarone Jan 2019 #7
So, how much more will he give to Kim? sakabatou Jan 2019 #9
In Vietnam Roy Rolling Jan 2019 #10
Dennis Rodman Will Steal The Show n/t DallasNE Jan 2019 #12
He'll be crying buckets on CNN dalton99a Jan 2019 #13
Actual Vietnam? Hong Kong Cavalier Jan 2019 #15
Watch trump repeat his lies about what he wants people to believe , duforsure Jan 2019 #16
Eric Brewer, former NSC nuclear proliferation expert: soryang Jan 2019 #17
perhaps if he mentions his bone spurs they'll change the location KewlKat Jan 2019 #18
Traitor will back out at the last second... Maxheader Jan 2019 #19
What he wont ask. Cold War Spook Jan 2019 #20

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
8. Ok he should stay at the Hanoi Hilton....
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 07:33 PM
Jan 2019

holy crap there really is one.....no wonder why the moron set keeps saying it was a great place.

dalton99a

(81,475 posts)
4. There is a McDonald's in Hanoi - finally
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 07:18 PM
Jan 2019
https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/communist-hanoi-gets-its-first-mcdonald-s-1.680633
Communist Hanoi gets its first McDonald's
Agence France-Presse | Dec 2, 2017

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/13/mcdonalds-burger-king-vietnam-fast-food.html
Why McDonald’s and Burger King flopped in Vietnam
Published Thu, Sep 13 2018 • 10:02 AM EDT | Updated Thu, Sep 13 2018 • 10:36 AM EDT

paleotn

(17,912 posts)
5. And accomplish absolutely nothing....
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 07:21 PM
Jan 2019

other than to portray shitler as an utter moron and further embarrass the US. Remember, you hear it here first.

Hong Kong Cavalier

(4,572 posts)
15. Actual Vietnam?
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:43 AM
Jan 2019

Or "Dodging STDs while having unprotected sex with all the women I can hook up with even though I'm supposedly a germaphobe" kind of Vietnam?

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
16. Watch trump repeat his lies about what he wants people to believe ,
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 07:31 AM
Jan 2019

Claiming they've made tremendous progress. Its another bold face lie, they haven't , and Kim is going unchecked producing more bombs he now can use since trump allowed him to finish testing his delivery system. trumps lying again , and about our national security issues. Kim can now deliver a nuclear missile anywhere in the USA, and trump claims he's making progress, which is nothing but propaganda, not facts.

soryang

(3,299 posts)
17. Eric Brewer, former NSC nuclear proliferation expert:
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:11 PM
Jan 2019

Here's a statement concerning the posture of the US in the negotiations with North Korea he published in an article in Foreign Policy magazine earlier this month-


To begin, the administration should drop its maximalist demands that seek quick denuclearization and only promise sanctions relief when the last nuclear weapon has left North Korea. This plan stands almost no chance of being accepted by Pyongyang, and gives China, South Korea, and others the impression that the United States isn’t seriously interested in finding a solution. That’s bad for pressure, as the United States will be blamed if and when diplomacy fails. Instead, Washington should prioritize developing a roadmap with Pyongyang that lays out a step-by-step approach that provides rewards along the way commensurate with North Korean actions



DECEMBER 04, 2018

Can the U.S. Reinstate “Maximum Pressure” on North Korea?
Washington Needs a Plan B if Diplomacy Fails
By Eric Brewer

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/north-korea/2018-12-04/can-us-reinstate-maximum-pressure-north-korea?cid=int-flb&pgtype=hpg

He appeared on VOA Korea on Jan 19 and made essentially the same point about negotiations.

Brewer is currently a visiting fellow at the CNAS thinktank.

https://www.cnas.org/press/press-release/cnas-welcomes-eric-brewer-as-visiting-fellow
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