Trump agrees to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, South Korea says

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(03-09-2018, 10:08 AM)GMDino Wrote: I just wanted to touch on this one point:

Trump has been shown over his entire "career" to be easily swayed by compliments.  NK has already shown a penchant for playing him to get a reaction.  Trump probably thinks that he and he alone has the brains to meet with Kim Jung Un and settle this once and for all...so just like other moves he's made without getting advice from people who are ACTUALLY smarter than him and have ACTUAL experience he agrees to this more because it feeds his ego/self image than for any other reason.

This is like throwing a hail mary in the first quarter.

Imagine a defense that has figured out a narcisstic, inexperienced quarterback's weaknesses and instead of the usual smack about his mother, the linebackers start praising his passing ability and hoping out loud that he doesn't throw deep cuz nobody does it better. The QB calls an audible at the line of scrimmage. The offensive linemen and receivers groan. They know what's about to happen but are powerless to stop it. That's how the US foreign policy establishment feels right now.