Despite Walking Out on Denuclearization Talks, North Korea Expected to Return
It appears the North Koreans are up to their usual negotiating tricks:
North Korea will return to nuclear disarmament talks with the United States despite last week’s breakdown in Sweden, as it intentionally made the decision to leave the first negotiations early to increase its political leverage, experts said Monday.
Korea Times
Ending a months-long hiatus in their denuclearization dialogue, officials from Washington and Pyongyang met in Stockholm amid expectations of a possible breakthrough in the suspended talks.
But Pyongyang declared a breakdown just a few hours after the meeting started in the Swedish capital. It stepped up criticism of Washington for sticking to an “old-fashioned” attitude, even after the fiasco of the failed Hanoi summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in February.
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Trump has the borksby the short and curlies and everyone knows it. There’s only three choices, war, peace and starvation for Norkistan, or peace and disarmament — with honor — Trump’s way.
I hope the norks see Trump is only taking America’s side and agree to denuke. It’s going to allow Kim Fatty to brag “the nukes made America negotiate and look at all the money we have now.”
It can be a win-win, even for Moon and Xi.
Setnaffa. Good comment, Koreans, North and South practice and are very good at Win-Lose. President Trump needs to stay the course and not back off.