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Meltdown99 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Meltdown99 said:Halifax2TheMax said:Meltdown99 said:Whens the last time Un has lobbed a missile over Japan ... that should be the measure of success. If he stops lobbing missile over our allies then the meetings are successful. I suspect the Japanese people are happy. North Americans are typical ass clowns always looking to be a winner, instead of being happy that maybe people in the Korean peninsula can live peacefully.
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Meltdown99 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Meltdown99 said:Halifax2TheMax said:Meltdown99 said:Whens the last time Un has lobbed a missile over Japan ... that should be the measure of success. If he stops lobbing missile over our allies then the meetings are successful. I suspect the Japanese people are happy. North Americans are typical ass clowns always looking to be a winner, instead of being happy that maybe people in the Korean peninsula can live peacefully.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/north-korea-says-to-ignore-japan-until-it-scraps-military-drills--other-measures-10467620By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0 -
mrussel1 said:Meltdown99 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Meltdown99 said:Halifax2TheMax said:Meltdown99 said:Whens the last time Un has lobbed a missile over Japan ... that should be the measure of success. If he stops lobbing missile over our allies then the meetings are successful. I suspect the Japanese people are happy. North Americans are typical ass clowns always looking to be a winner, instead of being happy that maybe people in the Korean peninsula can live peacefully.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/north-korea-says-to-ignore-japan-until-it-scraps-military-drills--other-measures-10467620Give Peas A Chance…0 -
HughFreakingDillon said:Meltdown99 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Meltdown99 said:Halifax2TheMax said:Meltdown99 said:Whens the last time Un has lobbed a missile over Japan ... that should be the measure of success. If he stops lobbing missile over our allies then the meetings are successful. I suspect the Japanese people are happy. North Americans are typical ass clowns always looking to be a winner, instead of being happy that maybe people in the Korean peninsula can live peacefully.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/north-korea-says-to-ignore-japan-until-it-scraps-military-drills--other-measures-10467620Give Peas A Chance…0 -
Meltdown99 said:mrussel1 said:Meltdown99 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Meltdown99 said:Halifax2TheMax said:Meltdown99 said:Whens the last time Un has lobbed a missile over Japan ... that should be the measure of success. If he stops lobbing missile over our allies then the meetings are successful. I suspect the Japanese people are happy. North Americans are typical ass clowns always looking to be a winner, instead of being happy that maybe people in the Korean peninsula can live peacefully.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/north-korea-says-to-ignore-japan-until-it-scraps-military-drills--other-measures-104676200 -
Here's a nicely distilled summary that says it all about Trump and his "deals". It's from the American Conservative. Pretty easy to see the pattern between NK, Canada, Germany, etc.
Trump fails to make deals with other states so often because he usually makes unreasonable demands. However, the bigger problem is that he won’t accept compromises because he equates them with being “ripped off.” He won’t settle for less than the other side’s capitulation, and so he always ends up with nothing. Trump views international relations primarily in terms of asserting dominance, and so he feels the need to pick fights with one or more states on a regular basis. Foreign leaders that flatter and praise him personally are left alone, while those that disagree with the substance of administration policies are subjected to insults and punitive measures.
If Trump reaches a vague understanding with a foreign leader who makes him feel important, he considers that to be far superior to agreements worked out by his predecessors through years of painstaking negotiations. He will happily renege on the latter while pretending that the former is a huge success. These reactions have nothing to do with discernible American national interests, but are based on whether the president feels personally insulted or thinks he needs to lash out to show “strength.”
The other reason why Trump is so bad at striking deals with other governments is that he is mainly concerned with pandering to domestic constituencies rather than reaching an agreement with other leaders. Trump would much prefer to demagogue an issue and take reckless unilateral actions regardless of the costs to the U.S. All of this is obviously incompatible with building constructive relationships with other governments, and it makes those governments less likely to trust or cooperate with the U.S. on a range of issues.
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mrussel1 said:Here's a nicely distilled summary that says it all about Trump and his "deals". It's from the American Conservative. Pretty easy to see the pattern between NK, Canada, Germany, etc.
Trump fails to make deals with other states so often because he usually makes unreasonable demands. However, the bigger problem is that he won’t accept compromises because he equates them with being “ripped off.” He won’t settle for less than the other side’s capitulation, and so he always ends up with nothing. Trump views international relations primarily in terms of asserting dominance, and so he feels the need to pick fights with one or more states on a regular basis. Foreign leaders that flatter and praise him personally are left alone, while those that disagree with the substance of administration policies are subjected to insults and punitive measures.
If Trump reaches a vague understanding with a foreign leader who makes him feel important, he considers that to be far superior to agreements worked out by his predecessors through years of painstaking negotiations. He will happily renege on the latter while pretending that the former is a huge success. These reactions have nothing to do with discernible American national interests, but are based on whether the president feels personally insulted or thinks he needs to lash out to show “strength.”
The other reason why Trump is so bad at striking deals with other governments is that he is mainly concerned with pandering to domestic constituencies rather than reaching an agreement with other leaders. Trump would much prefer to demagogue an issue and take reckless unilateral actions regardless of the costs to the U.S. All of this is obviously incompatible with building constructive relationships with other governments, and it makes those governments less likely to trust or cooperate with the U.S. on a range of issues.
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mrussel1 said:Meltdown99 said:mrussel1 said:Meltdown99 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Meltdown99 said:Halifax2TheMax said:Meltdown99 said:Whens the last time Un has lobbed a missile over Japan ... that should be the measure of success. If he stops lobbing missile over our allies then the meetings are successful. I suspect the Japanese people are happy. North Americans are typical ass clowns always looking to be a winner, instead of being happy that maybe people in the Korean peninsula can live peacefully.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/north-korea-says-to-ignore-japan-until-it-scraps-military-drills--other-measures-10467620Give Peas A Chance…0 -
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Yes, quite the surprising development. Why would we expect something that has happened for 60 years straight to happen again?0
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So am I right in thinking nothing has actually changed with NK apart from a lovely photo and niceties between the leaders (which could lead to some better diplomacy).
But we are all supposed to be positive about things because Trump...
Hopefully his Trade Wars are the only ones America will lose.
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Kev - Coat and Keys said:So am I right in thinking nothing has actually changed with NK apart from a lovely photo and niceties between the leaders (which could lead to some better diplomacy).
But we are all supposed to be positive about things because Trump...
Hopefully his Trade Wars are the only ones America will lose.Give Peas A Chance…0 -
Meltdown99 said:Kev - Coat and Keys said:So am I right in thinking nothing has actually changed with NK apart from a lovely photo and niceties between the leaders (which could lead to some better diplomacy).
But we are all supposed to be positive about things because Trump...
Hopefully his Trade Wars are the only ones America will lose.0 -
mrussel1 said:Meltdown99 said:Kev - Coat and Keys said:So am I right in thinking nothing has actually changed with NK apart from a lovely photo and niceties between the leaders (which could lead to some better diplomacy).
But we are all supposed to be positive about things because Trump...
Hopefully his Trade Wars are the only ones America will lose.Give Peas A Chance…0 -
I completely agree with you there, about SK being the driver.0
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mrussel1 said:I completely agree with you there, about SK being the driver.Give Peas A Chance…0
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Meltdown99 said:mrussel1 said:Meltdown99 said:Kev - Coat and Keys said:So am I right in thinking nothing has actually changed with NK apart from a lovely photo and niceties between the leaders (which could lead to some better diplomacy).
But we are all supposed to be positive about things because Trump...
Hopefully his Trade Wars are the only ones America will lose.6/26/98, 8/17/00, 10/8/00, 12/8/02, 12/9/02, 4/25/03, 5/28/03, 6/1/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 6/6/03, 6/12/03, 6/13/03, 6/15/03, 6/18/03, 6/21/03, 6/22/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03, 10/3/04, 10/5/04, 9/9/05, 9/11/05, 9/16/05, 5/16/06, 5/17/06, 5/19/06, 6/30/06, 7/23/06, 8/5/07, 6/30/08, 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 5/4/10, 5/7/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/11/13, 10/17/14, 8/20/160 -
NewJPage said:Meltdown99 said:mrussel1 said:Meltdown99 said:Kev - Coat and Keys said:So am I right in thinking nothing has actually changed with NK apart from a lovely photo and niceties between the leaders (which could lead to some better diplomacy).
But we are all supposed to be positive about things because Trump...
Hopefully his Trade Wars are the only ones America will lose.Give Peas A Chance…0
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