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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,057 posts)
Sat May 4, 2019, 02:23 PM May 2019

Trump says Kim won't break 'promise to me' after North Korea weapons test

Source: Bloomberg

WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) - US President Donald Trump brushed off news of a possible weapons test by North Korea, vowing that leader Kim Jong Un “will do nothing to interfere” and that a denuclearisation deal with the US “will happen”.

Saturday’s (May 4) tweet, posted while Mr Trump was in a motorcade to the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, was the President’s first response to news overnight that Pyongyang had fired numerous short-range projectiles off its eastern coast on Saturday, according to South Korean authorities.

The move was seen as Mr Kim’s latest and most provocative signal of frustration over talks with Mr Trump following the pair’s failed summit in Vietnam in February.

The significance of the test was difficult to assess as South Korea revised its account of the nature and scale of the weapons discharged from the eastern port of Wonsan just after 9am Saturday local time.

Read more: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/trump-says-confident-north-koreas-kim-wont-break-promise



My God! You really are a simpleton.
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Trump says Kim won't break 'promise to me' after North Korea weapons test (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 OP
And when he does, dotard will blame Democrats. louis-t May 2019 #1
Specifically Obama and Clinton. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2019 #19
Just how naive is Trump?! sakabatou May 2019 #2
Well lets just put it this way............if you have a bridge to sale overlooking San Francisco cstanleytech May 2019 #11
He's not naive. He's terminally and pathologically arrogant Siwsan May 2019 #27
Best expressed in smilies Maeve May 2019 #3
They fell in love. Mc Mike May 2019 #4
Hell hath no fury like a lover scorned Gregory Peccary May 2019 #6
Is there a Nobel Category for "Loving Dictators Too Much"? Mc Mike May 2019 #7
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2019 #20
He never met a brutal strongman tinpot dictator he didn't like. Mc Mike May 2019 #22
Glad he could squeeze that in before he teed off underpants May 2019 #5
Funny how much that man loves him some murderous dictators. tanyev May 2019 #8
"This could also be a politicised attempt to make the word 'missile' not so prominent, in case that riversedge May 2019 #9
Kim to Trump: "I be Lucy. You be Charlie Brown. Deal?" TheCowsCameHome May 2019 #10
Somebody needs to photoshop a skeleton among nuclear fall out with trumps hair and that quote. nt chowder66 May 2019 #12
From Trump... Fritz67 May 2019 #13
The substitute max thunder exercises started in South Korea Apr 23 soryang May 2019 #14
It must have been a pinky swear. BHDem53 May 2019 #15
North Korea will be looking to extort more food donations soon NickB79 May 2019 #16
Dotard says Rocketman is "very honorable". keithbvadu2 May 2019 #17
Trump is putting in for a hero's medal and parade because he got shot down in VN by Kim. keithbvadu2 May 2019 #18
He'll ride in the center of the parade in a golfcart, Mc Mike May 2019 #23
Good thing he did not get captured. keithbvadu2 May 2019 #25
The best hero of all is one that's too smart to be where they might GET captured. Mc Mike May 2019 #26
Given that Trump breaks promises left and right, Fortinbras Armstrong May 2019 #21
Promise of a Trump Tower in PyongYang? BlueIdaho May 2019 #24
A CT head scan is appropriate to sprinkleeninow May 2019 #28
ABC News: Bernie Sanders says he doesn't 'fault Trump' on North Korea TomCADem May 2019 #29
19. Specifically Obama and Clinton.
Sun May 5, 2019, 03:22 AM
May 2019

Although he may throw all the presidents that came before him under the bus, as he's done before regarding North Korea. He'll never admit their carefully measured actions accomplished more to contain the threat than his flying by the seat of his pants (also known as "pulling it out of his ass" ) diplomacy.

cstanleytech

(26,299 posts)
11. Well lets just put it this way............if you have a bridge to sale overlooking San Francisco
Sat May 4, 2019, 04:05 PM
May 2019

now would be a good time to call him and ask him if he would like to buy it.

Siwsan

(26,275 posts)
27. He's not naive. He's terminally and pathologically arrogant
Sun May 5, 2019, 12:45 PM
May 2019

I just want to be around to watch his downfall, because it's going to be spectacular

Response to Mc Mike (Reply #7)

riversedge

(70,246 posts)
9. "This could also be a politicised attempt to make the word 'missile' not so prominent, in case that
Sat May 4, 2019, 03:36 PM
May 2019

We may never really know what type these shots were since all seem to want to protect Trumps Ego.



.............The weapons were fired from the Hodo Peninsula, which has been the site of past live-fire artillery exercises, and travelled 70 to 200 kilometres, the joint chiefs said earlier on Saturday.

The Yonhap News Agency later reported that the weapons fired were “not missiles”, citing unidentified lawmakers briefed by intelligence officials.

“Missiles are projectiles, but South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff might be using ‘projectile’ to imply an unguided rocket, like one of North Korea’s older rocket artillery systems,” said Mr Ankit Panda, an adjunct senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists.

“This could also be a politicised attempt to make the word ‘missile’ not so prominent, in case that creates the kind of news cycle that Trump doesn’t want.”

Fritz67

(353 posts)
13. From Trump...
Sat May 4, 2019, 04:47 PM
May 2019

...A guy who's promises mean nothing.

Just ask all three of his wives and all the contractors he's stiffed, as a start.

soryang

(3,299 posts)
14. The substitute max thunder exercises started in South Korea Apr 23
Sat May 4, 2019, 06:25 PM
May 2019

and were scheduled to last two weeks.

The Air Force drills being conducted by South Korea, the United States and Australia involved dozens of warplanes, including fighter jets, according to South Korean military officials who spoke on condition of anonymity...

North Korea has always hated the annual military exercises, which it considers a rehearsal for an invasion. State-run media have continued to denounce the drills.


https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/us-s-koreans-begin-combined-air-force-drills-1.578056

NickB79

(19,253 posts)
16. North Korea will be looking to extort more food donations soon
Sat May 4, 2019, 08:16 PM
May 2019

Their harvest has been abysmal this year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korea-forced-to-cut-food-rations-to-record-low-after-worst-harvest-in-a-decade/ar-AAARavI

North Korea’s daily food rations have been cut to a record low this year after experiencing the worst harvest in a decade.

The Hermit State has rations to 300 grams a day — or 11 ounces - with further cuts likely the United Nations said on Friday.

According to US organisation The Nutrition Centre, a good mix of proteins, carbohydrates, fruit, vegetables and dairy products weighs 2 kilos per day per person.


This could get ugly.

keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)
18. Trump is putting in for a hero's medal and parade because he got shot down in VN by Kim.
Sat May 4, 2019, 10:05 PM
May 2019

Trump is putting in for a hero's medal and parade because he got shot down in VN by Kim.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
23. He'll ride in the center of the parade in a golfcart,
Sun May 5, 2019, 12:06 PM
May 2019

with his splinted bonespurred foot propped up on a golden pillow.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
26. The best hero of all is one that's too smart to be where they might GET captured.
Sun May 5, 2019, 12:36 PM
May 2019

He is brave sir robin.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
24. Promise of a Trump Tower in PyongYang?
Sun May 5, 2019, 12:21 PM
May 2019

To Trumpsky it’s all about “the deal” which means a real estate deal.

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
29. ABC News: Bernie Sanders says he doesn't 'fault Trump' on North Korea
Sun May 5, 2019, 05:55 PM
May 2019

Well, Trump does have some support on North Korea on the left...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bernie-sanders-says-he-doesnt-fault-trump-on-north-korea/ar-AAATQf2?ocid=spartandhp

Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of the early front-runners in the 2020 Democratic presidential field, said Saturday that President Donald Trump's handling of North Korea is one area where he doesn't "fault" the current commander-in-chief.

Speaking to ABC News' Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl in an exclusive interview for "This Week," the Vermont senator said that Trump meeting face-to-face with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "is the right thing to do."

Karl asked Sanders how he would respond as president to the apparent launch of unidentified short-range missiles by North Korea into the Sea of Japan Friday night, the first missile launch or any kind by the country since November 2017, when it last launched a long-range missile.

"You know, this is one area, actually, where I do not fault Trump. I think the idea of sitting down with Kim Jong Un is the right thing to do. It is very, very difficult, but clearly they are a threat to the planet," Sanders said. "They are isolated. They're demagogic, and we have just got to do everything we can to have China and the people in the Pacific Rim put as much pressure on North Korea and make it clear that they cannot continue to act this way.
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