Trump Is Basically The Only One Excited About The U.S.-North Korea Summit

US President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un walk from lunch at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. - Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un became on June 12, the first sitting ... US President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un walk from lunch at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. - Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un became on June 12, the first sitting US and North Korean leaders to meet, shake hands and negotiate to end a decades-old nuclear stand-off. (Photo by Susan Walsh / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read SUSAN WALSH/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump is brimming with enthusiasm about his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi. The cheese stands alone.

According to a Friday Politico report, most of Trump’s administration decidedly do not want the summit to take place and feel confident that Trump will trade concessions for false promises on denuclearization just so he has a “win” to tout on the global stage.

Trump reportedly was the primary pusher behind the summit. Many in his administration have felt so differently as to publicly undercut the President’s own position of baffling optimism and trust in North Korea’s word.

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  1. Well, isn’t that cute.

    President Moron has a play date with one of his nuclear-armed little dictator friends!

    We should all be excited for him!

  2. Trump Is Basically The Only One Excited About The U.S.-North Korea Summit
    Seriously
    Faux Nooze is THRILLED thrilled I tell you to have something that diverts from the calamity that is the Trump Administration , it’s ongoing criminal enterprise and associated indictments and a totally incompetent and dysfunctional Republican party
    Shiny object
    Look over there !

  3. He’s excited, because the shutdown prevented him from flying to Europe where he could have linked up with Putin to flee to exile.

    So it’s maybe his last chance to get to a location for a safe pickup by the russkies before the Mueller Report drops.

  4. most of Trump’s administration decidedly do not want the summit to take place and feel confident that Trump will trade concessions for false promises on denuclearization just so he has a “win” to tout on the global stage.

    I find it very hard to believe that there are more people than not in this administration that can see this for what it is/ will be.

  5. Most world leaders won’t play pretend-president with Trump.

    They won’t play hide-and-seek, tag, or any other kids’ games with him, either.

    Gotta make friends where you can, I guess.

    Although, Kim - and Putin and Xi like him - just play Trump for all they can get.

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