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with the North Korea south Korea meeting. Does Trump deserve credit for pushing the issue with sanctions and his unorthodox approach?
NK escalated the tension with their accelerated test program, launching missiles over Japan, claiming to have tested advanced nuclear bomb types, ability to reach US territories etc. Trump merely responded with typical bombast. I have no idea what triggered the recent conciliatory meeting with the South but I doubt it was threats of sanctions or "fire and fury" from the US. Maybe I'm forgetting something?
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My take on the Korea moves is that the violent, unpredictable threats coming out of Trump's twitter account scared the hell out of the South Koreans. They de-coupled their policy making from the policy vacuum at the US State Department and made contact with the North. All the moves from the winter Olympics on have been made without input from Washington.
Whatever the outcome US influence in the area has been wasted away. Remember that "De-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" is code for removing the US AirForce and Navy from the area. Whatever you think of the US Military power in East Asia and the Pacific, Trump's actions are leading to its decline.
Kim's invitation to talk with Donald may turn out to be a master stroke. Will his twitter rhetoric be exposed as "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing"?
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with the North Korea south Korea meeting. Does Trump deserve credit for pushing the issue with sanctions and his unorthodox approach?
not saying he does just asking the question( befor I get flamed) As you know he will take all the credit but how much has he done ???