June 13, 2018: Hoodwinked in Singapore, Like a Cheap Lawn Chair, Tarnished Brass

Summarizing the disgusting spectacle, Nicholas Kristof wrote in today's New York Times: “It sure looks as if President Trump was hoodwinked in Singapore” (1). Indeed he was, for when not insulting and alienating friends he is folding like a cheap lawn chair before our adversaries.

It is one thing to suggest holding in temporary abeyance joint military exercises with our South Korean ally pending resolution of the larger questions of nuclear disarmament and regional security. It is quite another to unilaterally end such joint cooperation without informing either the South Koreans, Japan, or even our own military and intelligence communities.

Disgustus, by going to Singapore made, perhaps, the most significant concession: the meeting itself. Meeting with Kim Jong-Un, gave the North Korean tyrant immediate legitimacy, raised his stature on the world stage, putting him on par with world leaders.

Disgustus, prior to setting out for Quebec on a mission to belittle our friends, openly bragged about not preparing for these talks. Wearing his ignorance like a crown our erstwhile diplomat, crowing like a Banty rooster, talked—like a reincarnated George W. ('Ol Two-Cows) Bush, about trusting his guts rather than history, or the facts, while preening before cameras musing about a much deserved Nobel Peace Prize. It became clear to many that tRUMP, like with everything else, was looking for some kind of victory, any kind of victory, or anything that he could declare—in his alternate universe—to be a victory so as to burnish his brand, and give some shine to the tarnished brass that bears his name.

In truth, as Kristof and others have observed in the wake of this national embarrassment, the North Koreans offered us nothing that hasn't been on the table for at least 30 years. They have always talked about denuclearization and then went about pulling out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, building warheads, developing long range missiles and the technologies to join the two. In the wake of vague 'promises' to rejoin the international community and rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons, Disgustus simply gave away the store. There was no mention of any process, nor any timeline. Left in question is “What century is this to take place”, and under what kind of supervision? As Kristof points out: “(T)here was nothing about North Korea freezing plutonium and uranium programs, nothing about destroying intercontinental ballistic missiles, nothing about allowing inspectors to return to nuclear sites, nothing about North Korea making a full declaration of its nuclear program, nothing about a timetable, nothing about verification, not even any clear pledge to permanently halt testing of nuclear weapons or long range missiles” (2). Like every 'Boomer' before him, tRUMP has traded the family cow for a handful of beans.

Indeed, continues Kristof: “Trump even adopted North Korean positions as his own, saying that the United States military exercised in the region are 'provocative'--a standard North Korean [and, indeed, Russian] propaganda line. Trump acknowledged that human rights in North Korea are 'rough' but quickly added that 'it's rough in a lot of places by the way'. (Note that a 2014 United Nations report state that North Korean human rights violations do 'not have any parallel in the contemporary world'.)

“In an interview with Voice of America, Trump said of Kim: 'He's smart, loves his people, loves his country.' Trump then had this message for the North Korean people: 'I think you have somebody that has a great feeling for them. He wants to do right by them.'

“It's breathtaking” wrote Kristof, “ to see an American president emerge as the spokesman for the dictator of North Korea” (3) Indeed it is. Kim, Caesar Disgustus assures us, “loves his people”. Donald Trump, I suspect, loves America in much the same way.

"An Br'er Putin, he jus' laugh and laugh"

Impeach and Imprison

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1. Kristof, Nicholas. “Trump was Outfoxed in Singapore”. The New York Times. Wednesday, June 13, 2018, Page A25
2. Ibid
3. Ibid