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All the usual suspects are pointing fingers and declaring Trump’s latest meet with Kim Jong Un a failure. <\/p>\n
Politico<\/a> discusses”…his abortive talks with the North Korean dictator.”<\/p>\n CNN<\/a> states “..But his Hail Mary pass didn’t work.”<\/p>\n And so forth and so on. Typical, and boring accounts from the #OrangeManBad crowd. Admittedly, he came home empty handed, but is that always a failure?<\/p>\n Fox News <\/a> analyst James Jay Carafano says wait a minute. <\/p>\n He opines that while a deal was not reached; there were four possible outcomes from the summit. <\/p>\n First, the incredibly remote \u201cgrand slam\u201d possibility: an inked deal in which North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un made a real commitment to denuclearize, with verification.<\/p>\n Second, the \u201csubstantial progress\u201d possibility. This would entail North Korea to put something new on the table — like a list accounting for all their nuclear assets.<\/p>\n Third, the \u201cnothing-burger\u201d possibility, in which the two leaders just agree to keep talking.<\/p>\n Fourth, the \u201cbacktracking\u201d possibility, with the U.S. agreeing to ease sanctions or make other concessions solely to keep Kim at the negotiating table.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Realistically the fourth option was the worst and a non-starter from Trump’s perspective. <\/p>\n So Trump stuck to his demands, which I feel surprised Kim and his handlers- they are so used to America granting them concessions- and no deal was reached.<\/p>\n But Kim stood by his demands, too. Stalemate. But was it really? Trump gained a two-fer; standing fast where the NORKs expected some daylight, and keeping the negotiations going. <\/p>\n Left unsaid was the close personal relationship between the two leaders. Next round I would hope for something like the second option.<\/p>\n Read the entire article here: Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"