Trump on North Korea: “After listening for 10 minutes, I realized it’s not so easy”President Donald Trump recounted an absolutely astounding detail about one of his conversations with Chinese President Xi Jinping in comments published by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday afternoon. Apparently, Trump came into his first meeting with the Chinese leader, in early April, convinced that China could simply eliminate the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear program. Xi then patiently explained Chinese-Korean history to Trump — who then promptly changed his mind.“After listening for 10 minutes, I realized it’s not so easy,” the president told the Journal. “I felt pretty strongly that they had a tremendous power [over] North Korea. ... But it’s not what you would think.”Four quick observations about this:1. Trump thought China could fix North Korea until the Chinese president politely informed him that North Korea is in fact complicated.2.Trump seems to have required the leader of China to explain basic facts to him that he could have Googled, or at least asked one of the many US government North Korea experts about.3. Trump came to a profound realization about one of the most dangerous conflicts on earth after a 10-minute conversation.4. Trump is getting his information about East Asian affairs from the leader of America’s largest rival in the region.Around the same time the Journal piece was published, North Korea informed reporters to prepare for a “big and important event.” Initial reports suggest that Pyongyang is planning to test a nuclear device for just the sixth time in the country’s history. There’s no word yet on how the Trump administration plans to respond.
"Vox" hahahaha
Did you already "debunk" them? Sorry, I'm trying to keep up.
Okay OP, please explain to me how a private citizen is supposed to know and understand the complexities of North Korea's relationship with China on his own?Remind me again how much you know about it? How much any of us do?What better, more direct source than the president of China?
LMFAO he got china to do more than obama did in 8 years in 4 months.
you would have thought at the very least trump would have people around him capable of briefing him before he goes into a meeting of such magnitude. what exactly has trump got china to do again
They stopped importing coal which is one of their biggest sources of revenue, they have amassed troops on their border and have told them they need to stop their nuclear arms development.All of this since trump took office, what exactly was china doing while Obama was in office?
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Do us all a favor and get back on your medsbtw - Great Job Mods
STFU fat loser - go work out and get a life. Some of us on GB actually do stuff - others - like yourself - sit home - eat pandcakes - eat donuts - get fat - depressed - and rush to GB to expose your depressed mental state being so fat
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Not first time China has done this, have a read of this. was actually a similar embargo last year. "This is not the first time China announced a type of import ban on North Korean coal in order to comply with UN sanctions. But it has consistently chosen to use the wiggle room provided by vague wording of sanctions regulation."http://thediplomat.com/2017/02/is-china-serious-about-banning-north-korean-coal/Direct us to one quote coming out of China that says NK need to stop their nuke tests. Not bs tweets from trump saying they told him this.I think trump has actually now realized after his recent humiliation of nk carrying out their missile test and threatening to use nukes if the us attempts to attack. That he actually can't do fuck all about nk unless he's willing to up against the Chinese military.
LMFAO did you actually read the link you posted. Basically it said they have never actually done it, only that they agreed to it...yes i did read the article and you obviously didn't"After the sanctions were adopted, a familiar pattern set in. In the first few weeks after the UN resolution passed, tangible signs suggested that Chinese authorities were serious about implementing the sanctions framework. For example, coal shipments from North Korea were reported to be sitting in limbo out at sea, unable to land at their Chinese ports of destination. On April 7, 2016, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce formally announced an embargo against imports of coal, iron, and iron ores from North Korea “in order to carry out relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council.”"so you see china has previously announced an embargo, at first appeared to be following it then within a few months normal trade resumes. Again something that china has never done...http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-china-idUSKBN16F0AAOne where the a minster tells them.from that article"China's suggestion is, as a first step, for North Korea to suspend nuclear and missile activities, and for the U.S. and South Korea to also suspend large-scale military drills," Wang said "dual suspension"ok how i should have worded it was show us a quote from china that calls for nk to stop nuclear tests without at the same time calling for the US to stop it's provocation.the media narrative is bs to fool idiots "china is working closely with the the US to stop nk missile test" when in reality as seen in the above quote from your article, china is basically telling the US to stop fking around in SK then it will look to stop the NK nuclear program.http://nypost.com/2017/04/12/china-willing-to-work-with-us-against-north-korea/One where the govt news paper tells themno quotes in that article of china instructing NK to stop nuclear tests. closest to that is below“China insists on realizing the denuclearization of the peninsula, insists on maintaining peace and stability on the peninsula, and advocates resolving the problem through peaceful means"the fact that he uses the word "peninsula" rather than singling out NK should tell you something. NK to china is like israel is to the US. NK is completely dependent on china for it's existence. china could stop NK from flouting all UN regulations tomorrow if they so wished, same as the US could with israel. rather than trying to help the US stop NK they are actually the ones behind the NK nuclear program. Again he has gotten them to do more in 4 months than they have in 8 years.trump won't be able to do sht about NK same as obama couldn't. unless he starts giving concessions in the way of starting to demilitarise SK. or unless he is willing to take on the chinese.Like him or hate him, its the truth
