Trump Says He Wants To Talk To Kim Jong Un About North Korea’s Nukes

UNITED STATES - MARCH 9 - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Crown Center Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (Photo By Al Drago/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Ro... UNITED STATES - MARCH 9 - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Crown Center Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (Photo By Al Drago/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump said in an interview Tuesday that he’s willing to speak to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to discuss that country’s nuclear program.

“I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him,” Trump told Reuters.

In the wide-ranging interview, Trump also said that he was “not a big fan” of the Paris climate agreement and would want to renegotiate it, arguing that its terms favored China too much. In April, 175 countries signed the landmark pledge to curb carbon emissions.

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  1. I’m sure the right wing media will be reasoned and nuanced in their analysis of Trump saying this just like they were when Obama pushed diplomacy. Oh wait, they called Obama a reckless and naive apologizing traitor who was trying to destroy America. And they will call Trump a strong a decisive leader. Never mind.

  2. Given his business track record and history of bankruptcies, I think the only person who considers Trump a good negotiator is Trump himself.

  3. Yeah, the two of them talking. What could go wrong?

  4. Thankfully his entourage when he goes to meet this dictator will include President Clinton, former Secretary of State who knows a little something about foreign relations, and this guy just for the fun of it.

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