This is equivalent to Nixon's visit to China in February in 1972. That visit contributed to Nixon's re election in November of that year.

I doubt I will vote for Trump in 2020. I already like his immigration policy. If he establishes formal recognition of North Korea, or even better relations, I will give him credit.

 

Unfortunately, it looks as if the establishment logic is spiking that expectation as fast as the morning-after pill takes care of a potential impregnation
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/09/trump-kim-talks-us-signals-hardline-stance

 

~chuckling~
As my gym teacher barked at us 7th graders, "..You could fuck-up a wet dream!": describes the reactionaries in the administration (who probably have some underhanded financial interest in keeping the dog-n-pony show in Korea continuing at that state.)

You're right about the cluster-fuck in the administration...

I'm envisioning the South Korean diplomats banging their heads on their desks at the utter ineptness of American politics to resolve anything, even when it's handed to them (as the proverbial ideal "wet dream")

I think Kim has a bit of the romantic in him and wants a reunification of the peninsula w/o a calamitous consequence visited upon him, his people, or the South..

 

I always laugh when I read about the lefty/liberal biased media. It's almost as if there is no other sort. But there is.

Go here and choose your bias and how far it is from your perception of reality. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/center/

 

I would be willing to engage you on this topic if you could answer a question for me.

What did the White House say about this meeting and what is the significance of that?

I don't not actually believe you wish to engage on anything but let's test that and if you really want we shall.

 

@stumbler

I wouldn't go as far as Valerie Jarrett: "
ABC News‏Verified account @ABC 50m50 minutes ago Former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett on Pres. Trump's meeting with North Korea: "We should all be rooting for him." http://abcn.ws/2txveXd

And would disagree with what would normally be cynically me: @NicolleDWallace questions if the spur of the moment Kim Johg Un meeting decision has anything to do with Trump wanting to distract from the Stormy Daniels lawsuit. @DeadlineWH http://on.msnbc.com/2Fqjuvp

This has me thinking that 'Charlie Brown', aka Trump, is letting his advisors pull another 'Lucy' on him for the sake of their ingrained establishment thinking: White House Never mind that North Korea meeting, Trump was just babbling http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/never-
mind-the-north-korea-meeting-trump-was-just-babbling.html …

But if Dennis Rodman is saying:
The Hill‏Verified account @thehill 6h6 hours ago Dennis Rodman praises Trump for agreeing to North Korea meeting: "Well done" http://hill.cm/NEKFxNx;
then I'm inferring that Rodman sees KJU as no trifler, but a serious player, along my lines of thinking that for Kim this is a necessary and crucial step in his wish to see a reconciled N & S Korea leading to some economic confederacy as a way to a political reunification..

For MSNBC, in particular, to have taken the "OH God!" tact to the announcement is so premature that it smacks of an ad hominem bias than a serious journalistic effort which would help the Dems and other progressives in their own narratives as they seek to do damage to the Republican majorities in Congress.

 

I guess maybe we should see what another 8 years of strategic Sergeant Schultzism gets us, huh?

 

Really?

You're not a fan of a better economy?

You're not a fan of a stronger immigration policy?

You're not a fan of enforcing immigration laws and regulations?

You're not a fan of defining the southern border?

You're not a fan of lower taxes?

You're not a fan of lower unemployment?

 

Thats a pretty broad brush stroke.

Reorganizing an EPA group that funds research on children’s health and environmental health disparities affecting minorities and the poor...

Essentially what Trump and Pruitt are actually doing is ''reorganizing'' and cutting waste out of the very large, over bloated federal fucking government budget.

ACA is not yet repealed is it?, Yet, we all know ACA was a disaster before it was a law, and cost the working family alot of money for no reason.

Trump knows that there is a role for all fuels, including renewable 's in our energy mix, and Congress wouldn't allow the cuts.

There's not a trade war.

“I oppose any proposal for the federal government to build and operate a nationwide 5G network. The main lesson to draw from the wireless sector’s development over the past three decades—including American leadership in 4G—is that the market, not government, is best positioned to drive innovation and investment. What government can and should do is to push spectrum into the commercial marketplace and set rules that encourage the private sector to develop and deploy next-generation infrastructure. Any federal effort to construct a nationalized 5G network would be a costly and counterproductive distraction from the policies we need to help the United States win the 5G future.”

I myself encourage the idea of private sector of public sector running anything...If you're of the opinion that Government is best suited to run and operate something to the nature of the internet, that fine.....I oppose it whole-heartedly.

Not everybody will like everything, or dislike everything.

But, you need to hand it to Trump, he is doing what he promised and is leaps and bounds ahead of his own schedule fulfilling his promises....refreshing

We cant make the claim that he is a do-nothing-POTUS....and he really hasn't done anything to jeopardize the nations security, only attempting to enhance the nations sovereignty and security.

 

This is simply a hoax.

They claimed doom to the caribou years ago, today, the herd has more than quadrupled.

There isn't any real threat to the vast species of animals that live in ANWR. The drilling sites are temporary at best, the State itself is more than capable of regulating the practices to their own desires and requirements.

You present a strong argument, perhaps it did help your family, and perhaps it helped another family, but did it help my family...NO, did it help the family that paid a $12,500 deductible? with a $600 monthly premium?

And yes, pre-existing conditions are now covered, a law for that could have been implemented on it's own merit, without costing the average family a $12,500 deductible and a $600 monthly premium and creating a government knows best health coverage law.

And to claim that 20 million more have health coverage is a total misdirected claim, when there are over 20 million that will never be covered under the ACA.

Is it logical for the government to decide who gets coverage and a procedure?

There are and were many ways to reform the healthcare coverage issues this Country has...ACA did not address those issues, and now the law is destroying itself.

Eh, fossil fuels are efficient and very economical in the balance of society.

Natural Gas is far more efficient, economical and more dependable than Solar by far.

Petroleum products are a way of life today, from styro-foam to roofing products and infrastructure, it just is.

However I wont deny the fact that alternatives are a damn good supplement for our energy needs, yet by no means will it ever be a primary source of energy.

And I am also fond of nuclear energy, clean, efficient, dependable and economical by all standards.

I'll strongly disagree, trade is a complex issue and the only trade war that is happening is in the conceived minds of the state-run leftists media.

This Nations trade deficits need some well needed reforms, this is the 21st century.

There are some third world countries on this planet, however that can be attributed to internal design, not by global trade, a more balanced trade is required today, and it will happen.

As you well know, I dont trust government to do much, or do it well.

I trust the free market and the individual.

Business gets a bad name and it follows them.

As a for instance...TWC (Time Warner Cable) wanted to charge me $5,000 to hook up cable, just how ell do you think the outcome of that was favorable for TWC?

Comcast wanted to charge a business owner $4,000 to hook up internet, how well do you think that work out for Comcast?

Personal responsibility and competition is the real answer to the internet, not federal fucking government involvement or a take over by such.

Yes Government has its place, that place is legislative, not ownership.

It has been said that he

has fulfilled 68% of his promises, I alone would claim that, that is leaps and bounds beyond many of his predecessors.

Video games are not a lifestyle of mine, nor will they ever be, and for a POTUS to restrict or regulate video game industry or attempt too, is just dumb.

The games are now ''rated'', personally, I think that was a step too far, for christ sakes, they're just video games.

As for a ''fake populist'', I dont know, I think he promoted himself as a Nationalist above a Populist, as he should have.

 

I'm certainly not claiming that there is harm from drilling, but it's inconsequential, minute in it's substance.

No, it's not better than nothing.

Actually there is something for them other than ACA, and there has been something for quite sometime.

Several differing programs that they are eligible for, but never had the reason to search for the programs

Your flaw here is... federal fucking government is not in the business to provide health insurance.

Whereas you are correct the liberals have come up with an awesome idea of re-creating the meaning of the welfare clause by taking the clause out of context and providing ''welfare'' for the people under that clause, which was not its' original intent

New technologies will be ''invented'', look at fracking for instance, it's been around for decades, but recently improved and upgraded to be an efficient form of extracting fossil fuels.

I doubt we will ever extinguish fossil fuels to be non existent.

We are consistently finding new areas that do have fossil fuels begging to be extracted, a very small fraction of this planet has been explored, a very very small fraction.

As for nuclear, Chernobyl fucked that up...can we agree?

You know as well as I know, you give the government an open avenue into anything, eventually they will pave a super fucking highway there, we dont need that.

The internet is regulated enough, and we need to allow the people to make the decisions about Internet.

The internet works just fine as it is.

When I first started to learn about being on a computer and how it worked(still dont know shit about it), when I googled information, the first 3 pages were never only liberal/leftist media sites it was a collection of all sites, however that's not the case anymore.

I just think it's refreshing that the campaign promises are coming to fruition.

And I see you tend to agree about something...''If you as a game exec piss enough of them off they won't buy your shit and you're out of a job.''...see, ''individual responsibility and making choices'' at work, just as it should be for everything.

Trump is a full-fledged businessman, you dont get to his position in life without knowing how understand people.

Trump has a compassionate side so he can lend an ear...then he has a stern side for business decisions, the bottom line/profit margin is all that matters at that point.

And keeping ones word is advantageous for the business side and the compassionate side of Trump.

Trump is not yet sucked into the ''glamour of the political theater''...so far, (barring all the side noise), I think he's doing a fabulous job, but make no mistake, if he goes of the reservation...I'll turn on that mother fucker quickly.