Korea Thread: Liberal Moon Jae In Elected

[Tamas]

Well to be fair here he is honest and tries to be funny. If we had more of this instead of the bullshit sleazy salesman shit, we'd be ahead

[derspiess]

It amazes me how one side tends to lose its sense of humor whenever the other side is in power.  Republicans are just as guilty when they're out of power, mind you.

And you don't have to find it hilarious to recognize it's a joke.

[garbon]

Oh yeah. Republican media was very full of mirth regarding Bidenisms.

[garbon]

Well to be fair here he is honest and tries to be funny. If we had more of this instead of the bullshit sleazy salesman shit, we'd be ahead

No.

[Tamas]

Well to be fair here he is honest and tries to be funny. If we had more of this instead of the bullshit sleazy salesman shit, we'd be ahead

No.

yes

[derspiess]

Oh yeah. Republican media was very full of mirth regarding Bidenisms.

Exactly.

[The Minsky Moment]

It amazes me how one side tends to lose its sense of humor whenever the other side is in power. 

The other side for me is the Republican Party.  Unfortunately, they are not in power. 

[Razgovory]

It amazes me how one side tends to lose its sense of humor whenever the other side is in power.  Republicans are just as guilty when they're out of power, mind you.

And you don't have to find it hilarious to recognize it's a joke.

It's not a joke if he actually does it, and that's his modus operandi.

[Valmy]

Yeah how was that a joke? He is just saying what he is actually going to do.

[The Minsky Moment]

The Master Negotiator Strikes Again!

From March 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/world/asia/china-north-korea-thaad-nuclear.html

China tried unsuccessfully to calm newly volatile tensions on the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday, proposing that North Korea freeze nuclear and missile programs in exchange for a halt to major military exercises by American and South Korean forces. The proposal was rejected hours later by the United States and South Korea.
"We have to see some sort of positive action by North Korea before we can take them seriously," Nikki R. Haley, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, told reporters after a Security Council meeting in New York on the escalating Korea crisis. Standing beside her, Cho Tae-yul, the South Korean ambassador, said, "This is not the time for us to talk about freezing or dialogue with North Korea.

From September 2017

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-09-05/us-rejects-chinas-freeze-for-freeze-plan-for-north-korea

The U.S. government is not considering any changes to ongoing military exercises it conducts on and around the Korean Peninsula with its allies, officials say, despite Chinese assertions that a so-called "freeze for freeze" agreement involving both sides' limiting military action could prompt North Korea to discontinue its provocative nuclear weapons tests. . . . .S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley dismissed as "insulting" the proposal that Beijing has touted for months  . . ."When a rogue regime has a nuclear weapon and an [intercontinental ballistic missile] pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your guard," Haley said at the meeting. "No one would do that. We certainly won't

Today:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-wargames/trump-says-to-stop-expensive-provocative-south-korea-war-games-idUSKBN1J80T5

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States was stopping "very provocative" and costly military exercises with South Korea to facilitate denuclearization negotiations with North Korea.

SO . . .
The Trump administration rejected - twice - a proposal to halt joint military exercises in return for a full freeze on on the entire NK nuclear and missile programs.

But now agrees to the give the same concession in return for a mere pledge to "work" on denuclearization of the "peninsula"

Hmm. . .

[Zanza]

So as far as is currently known, thi deal, unlike the Iran deal he scuppered, hasn't got any actual provisions to further denuclearization, raising sanctions or any governance mechanism to put the "working towards denuclearization" into anything measureable. Let's see if any good developments come out of this photo-op meeting.

[crazy canuck]

So as far as is currently known, thi deal, unlike the Iran deal he scuppered, hasn't got any actual provisions to further denuclearization, raising sanctions or any governance mechanism to put the "working towards denuclearization" into anything measureable. Let's see if any good developments come out of this photo-op meeting.

Don't worry, Trump met the most vile dictator the world can offer up and Trump decided he was honest and trustworthy. 

[Razgovory]

So as far as is currently known, thi deal, unlike the Iran deal he scuppered, hasn't got any actual provisions to further denuclearization, raising sanctions or any governance mechanism to put the "working towards denuclearization" into anything measureable. Let's see if any good developments come out of this photo-op meeting.

Maybe he keen meet with the leader of Iran and offer them the same "Deal".

[Josquius]

I like this version of events

http://newsthump.com/2018/06/12/donald-trump-and-kim-jong-un-spend-an-hour-playing-video-games-and-looking-at-porn/

The historic summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-Un has taken place, with the two leaders taking an hour alone to play video games and look at naked women on the Internet.

The two leaders shared a momentous handshake before disappearing into a room with President Kim's favoured Xbox 360 and a hard-drive full of Mr Trump's favourite pornography videos.

It is thought that the two men had several rounds of Halo 3 before Mr Trump showed Mr Kim a video of Stormy Daniels whilst boasting that he'd 'definitely gone all the way' with her.

"Yeah, it was a great meeting, a really great meeting," Mr Trump told reporters.

"You know, it was a shame that it was only an Xbox 360, but we know that North Korea is a little behind the rest of the world in the technology stakes.

"Who knows, maybe we'll send him an Xbox One for Christmas. If they do Christmas, that is – say, can someone check that the Korean guys do Christmas."

Mr Trump then spoke a little of the pornography that he and Kim had enjoyed.

He explained, "I've got a huge collection of porn, really huge. Really the biggest in the world, and he was really impressed with it I think, and that's good.

"I'm going to send him some bookmarks of the best videos on Pornhub."

It is hoped that the hour-long meeting with porn and video games could pave the way to a longer summit with strippers, beer and the new Call of Duty game.

[DGuller]

Well to be fair here he is honest and tries to be funny. If we had more of this instead of the bullshit sleazy salesman shit, we'd be ahead

That's not a joke.  That's normalizing deviancy by pretending to be self-deprecating about it.  After all, how can you be mad at Trump for brazenly lying all the time about anything and everything, when he's mocking himself for it?  Meanwhile, he will keep brazenly lying all the time about anything and everything.