North Korea threatens to withdraw from summit with Trump

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(05-03-2019, 03:49 PM)Dill Wrote: And sanctions worked pretty well to bring Iran to the table.  Now there is the added problem of Trump's attempt/threats to force allies and signatories to the Iran deal to comply with sanctions again--regardless of the cost to their economies.  The US has become such a bad and inept hegemon!

Regarding NK, Trump has accomplished what no president before him has.

1. He let Kim out of the Box.  Now the guy is traveling around the world meeting foreign leaders. Jeez, Kim even put in an appearance at the Asian Games as Indonesia's guest last summer.

2. Now that its "ok" to meet with Kim, it will become much harder to keep sanctions on him--especially US-lead sanctions.

Sanctions are difficult to create and enforce, but US diplomacy had them working on Iran and NK--until Trump.

Worse than any of this, it now gives future 'bad actor' nations a blueprint of how to deal with the U.S.

Our leadership in the world has pretty much been effectively undermined by our own national leadership. And that compromises our national security. But that is what xenophobia does.