At 5:27 a.m. local time, President Donald Trump began the day of his historic Singapore summit with North Korean ruler Kim Jong-in with, what else, a tweet:
Meetings between staffs and representatives are going well and quickly….but in the end, that doesn’t matter. We will all know soon whether or not a real deal, unlike those of the past, can happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2018
Trump has said he doesn’t need to prepare “much” for the summit. He and Kim will begin the day with a one-on-one meeting, in which only translators will be present, not advisers.
On Monday, the White House announced Trump would be cutting his time in Singapore short: He will be departing for the United States on Tuesday night, not Wednesday morning.
Trump - “Meetings between staffs and representatives are going well and quickly…but in the end, that doesn’t matter.”
Good to know your boss values your work and has confidence in your efforts.
We will all know soon, perhaps in two weeks.
In other words, the bumbling foolish embarrassing autocrat and Kim Jong Un compared hand sizes and talked about how much their people love them, then adjourned without having achieved anything substantive except to elevate the head of the DPRK in status to equality with the President of the United States.
Exactly in line with everyone’s expectations.
I kind you not. This Trump’s view on the success on the summit is going to depend on the quality and expense of the birthday gift Kim Jung Un gives him. No gift = failure.
Looking at the picture, I thought Mr Piggy had a mouthful stuck in his throat while gasping for breath. That’s why everyone appears to be smiling. How cool would that be.
“I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul.”
-George W. Bush, on Vladimir Putin
This is all going to go very well!