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demmiblue

(36,855 posts)
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:38 PM Feb 2019

North Korea's foreign minister says country seeks only partial sanctions relief, contradicting Trump

Source: WaPo

HANOI — President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un abruptly cut short their two-day summit Thursday amid contradictory accounts over why they were unable to reach an agreement to dismantle Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons.

Talks collapsed unexpectedly amid a disagreement about economic sanctions, with the two leaders and their delegations departing their meeting site in Vietnam’s capital without sitting for a planned lunch or participating in a scheduled signing ceremony.

Kim said he was prepared in principle to denuclearize, and Trump said an agreement was “ready to sign.” But Trump said the main impediment to a deal was Kim’s requirement that the United States lift all economic sanctions on North Korea in exchange for the closure of only one nuclear facility, which still would have left Pyongyang with a large arsenal of missiles and warheads.

“We had some options, but at this time we decided not to do any of the options,” Trump said. He added, “Sometimes you have to walk, and this was just one of those times.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-and-kim-downplay-expectations-as-key-summit-talks-begin/2019/02/28/d77d752c-3ac5-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html?utm_term=.0da2e1b2e076




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North Korea's foreign minister says country seeks only partial sanctions relief, contradicting Trump (Original Post) demmiblue Feb 2019 OP
We have recently seen in the trade talks at the White House that Trump is incapable of ... Jim__ Feb 2019 #1
Whom to believe, whom to believe jayschool2013 Feb 2019 #2
Also probably collasped because rump wanted too much money & NK didn't want to ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #3
Trump is lying soryang Feb 2019 #4
Trump went to Vietnam for a photo op. There wasn't even an agreement on iluvtennis Feb 2019 #5
I Don't Care What Exactly Derailed The Talks Me. Feb 2019 #6
I'm sure Trump will proclaim the summit Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #8
I'm Sure He Will Me. Feb 2019 #9
..and I thought it couldn't get any more embarrassing. Chakaconcarne Feb 2019 #7

Jim__

(14,077 posts)
1. We have recently seen in the trade talks at the White House that Trump is incapable of ...
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:41 PM
Feb 2019

... understanding simple terminology, even when it is explained to him. It would not be surprising to learn that Trump did not understand what was being proposed.

jayschool2013

(2,312 posts)
2. Whom to believe, whom to believe
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:41 PM
Feb 2019

The pathological liar and dipshit petit tyrant? Or the murderous petty tyrant?

SWBTATTReg

(22,129 posts)
3. Also probably collasped because rump wanted too much money & NK didn't want to ...
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:42 PM
Feb 2019

give any...they have only 1 great leader! Sarcasm...

soryang

(3,299 posts)
4. Trump is lying
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:49 PM
Feb 2019

It is totally inconsistent with the prior approach of North Korea for them to demand all at once. It has been the US position to seek it all, the so called one bundle approach. The Bolton is well known for the "Libyan approach." The approach from the other side has been a step by step, reciprocal process, to build trust. When the US wanted a summit, they implied they could go step by step, and appeared to be flexible.

It's obvious they threw Biegun's work preparing for the summit overboard and retreated to the Bolton/Pompeo hard line of all or nothing on sanctions to appease critics at home. 5/11 may have been too much. They should have offered less. Kumgansan and Kaseong maybe would have been enough, I think. They probably offered nothing.

iluvtennis

(19,861 posts)
5. Trump went to Vietnam for a photo op. There wasn't even an agreement on
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:51 PM
Feb 2019

what denuclearization meant. Why do you go to a summit and not already have a basic agreement between the parties in place. What a farce

Me.

(35,454 posts)
6. I Don't Care What Exactly Derailed The Talks
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 03:03 PM
Feb 2019

only that they did and that he is out of there without making any type of a deal.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
9. I'm Sure He Will
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 04:16 PM
Feb 2019

But I wonder if he knows his pals the Russians are calling him a clown on this.

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