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He seems totally oblivious to having given kimmy exactly what he wanted with absolutely zero in return. Remarkable.

And yet it's going to be portrayed as a complete coup for the Trump administration. Bigly success all round.

Dennis Rodman wearing a MAGA hat crying with happiness...

GUYS WE'RE LIVING IN A SIMULATION.

What was the document that they actually signed? Just stating that they met and shook hands on 12 June and are working towards an agreement but nothing more substantial than that?

Correct. Bill Clinton got to the point of having NK's only (at that time) nuclear plant sealed, with regular inspections of said seal to ensure that they were not using the plant - which I'd suggest is the yard stick to use for success-of-Trump judgement.

Pretty much.

1. establish relations between dprk & usa
   
2. build a stable peace on peninsula
   
3. denuclearise peninsula
   
4. recovery & repatriation of pow remains
   
   

I am looking at my social meejia feeds and starting to get a feel for what happened in the American rust belt before the election. My liberal, leftie, urban friends are posting about how they are optimistic and hopeful. Thus following the same reasoning as the bitter rednecks; I know the guy's an idiot, but at least he is trying to deal with a problem that matters to me. Let's give it a chance shall we?

But only as aspirations not actual agreements?

but i thought leaders that broke bread with organisations that endorse murder and worse were traitors who should be imprisoned? well now i'm just confused.

Unless they're back up by something, they're pretty meaningless.

And as Trump's recent G6+1 actions have shown, even when agreements are backed up (by mutual benefit from bi- & multi-lateral trade agreements), they're pretty meaningless.

Dat fock'n toy

The other thing to note is that to Washington "denuclearisation" means that NK removes all nuclear assets.

To NK "denuclearisation" means the removal of 28,000 US troops and associated hardware, and the nuclear umbrella that guards SK and Japan, from the Korean penuinsula.

= Kim and Trump have agreed to do a thing, but that thing means wildly different things to each of them, and it's that detail that Pompeo and Bolton get to negotiate next week.

NK - so, you will be removing all troops, as your president agreed?
Bolton- !

organisations that endorse murder and worse were traitors

Yeah, but look at his cute tie. Awwww!!

Is this how diplomacy is done?

Trump actually created an action movie trailer of their summit to play and watch together... Is this normal?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/12/trump-bizarre-trailer-for-the-summit-with-kim-singapore-bromance

"History is always evolving..."

wut?

I'm in..got hooked by the jump cuts vo and showing amazing things like plants and children playing winning bigly

It's obviously always being re-written to suit certain people.

Weird practice
https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-white-house-meet-the-guys-who-tape-papers-back-together/

Destroy all evidence. Although i could handle getting paid £44k a year to tape papers back together.

Happy birthday Mr President

https://twitter.com/NewYorkStateAG/status/1007271867298836482

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The sting in the tail is that if DT or any of his family are convicted of a State criminal offence then the President has no power of pardon. He can only pardon people convicted of federal offences.

It's not a criminal prosecution though is it? They are being sued.

Best possible outcome for the state suit against Trump is a massive monetary judgment that personally bankrupts him.

Alternate/side best outcome is that he has to focus so much time and money on this that he decides not to run in 2020.

Quite often these kinds of cases can be precursors for or are simultaneous to criminal cases against involved individuals, aren't they?