North Korea was never going to denuclearize, and this is probably posturing before talks. But still. Trump and Trumpist media declaring victory before the meeting took place was very stupid. Obviously stupid at the time, and even more obviously stupid now.https://twitter.com/joshjonsmith/status/996576704054181888 …
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The ignorant amateurs in the White House have been screwing up on North Korea since they agreed to a direct Kim-Trump meeting. Trumpist media made it worse by declaring mere talks a Nobel-worthy breakthrough. 2/x
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But the mainstream media really didn’t help. So desperate to find something nice to say about Trump to show “balance” and counter charges of “bias,” they acquiesced to the Fox News narrative on North Korea, saying “credit where it’s due.” 3/x
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North Korea’s showing the limits of Trump’s bullshitting. With hyperpartisanship, and friendly media providing a domestic propaganda apparatus, you can fool a large voter base. But that bullshit doesn’t work on foreign countries. International relations is a higher level game 4/x
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What’s so frustrating is we told you. Repeatedly. Of course North Korea isn’t going to denuclearize. Of course they’re being manipulative. Didn’t need to be an expert to figure that out. But we kept shouting it. The confidently ignorant POTUS, and his fans, wouldn’t listen. (END)
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Replying to @NGrossman81
Yeh Nick. You and yours were the only ones who,saw this coming. If only we had just listened to you. Do you hear how arrogant that sounds?
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Replying to @Gunntwitt @NGrossman81
These views were largely shared by experts all over the world and from all over the political spectrum. If only you'd listened to practically anyone with relevant expertise.
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Replying to @ikitorp @NGrossman81
My point is that we are ALL acutely aware of the care that must be taken, as we move forward w/ NORKO. The left doesn't own that position.
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All the people loudly declaring that Trump had already solved North Korea--that getting a meeting was a masterful achievement--are obviously not aware. Many foreign policy experts and Korea specialists warned against that. And many of those are not "the left," including me.
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