President Trump announced that he will meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on June 12th in Singapore.
The conservatives who are rejoicing today would have sent out words of condemnation had President Obama announced the same. No doubt liberals who would have celebrated an Obama olive branch to Pyongyang will dismiss Trump's efforts out of hand. So what else is new?
Any American President who meets with Kim is at a disadvantage. Trump will leave office, be it in 2021 or 2025. By 2025, Kim will be about 40 years old. Kim is President for Life and, chances are, it will be a long life.
Now that Trump has chosen to engage Kim, the North Korean strongman can play a waiting game with Trump or whoever sits in the Oval Office. In which case, I think Kim is going to play Trump on a very long string.
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