LOS ANGELES (OC).–President Donald Trump heads to the Singapore, Malasysia for the ASEAN economic summit said he would like to meet with North Korean President Kim Jong-un. Trump was the first American President to visit Kim in the secretive communist totalitarian state June 30, 2019, after spending months threatening each other with nuclear consequences. Trump was so hated by the U.S. press they had accused him of cozying up to dictators, all designed to favor Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. Painting Trump as a dictator himself has been the Democrat strategy since the 2020 campaign, something that helped former President Joe Biden get elected. But by far more consequential in upending Trump’s 2020 campaign was the Covid-19 global pandemic, killing thousands of Americans daily with no end in sight, frightening the public into changing presidents.
Whatever the obstacles hitting Trump in 2020, he plowed ahead in 2019 meeting Kim Jong-un behind the demilitarized zone on North Korean soil. Trump broke historic ground at a time that Kim was feverishly enriching uranium and testing Intercontinental ballistic missiles [ICBMs]. Democrats and the press pressured Trump to see North Korean disarm for face serious economic consequences, something that harmed the North Korean economy, despite its already beleaguered state. “I would. If you want to put out the word. I’m open to it,” Trump said en route to Asia on Air Force One. Trump said he “had a great relationship” with Kim, despite Democrats and the press using it as negative campaign fodder. Heading to Singapore, Trump plans to meet with several Asian leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, who, recently, has been in a trade war.
Trump was asked by reporters whether he recognizes North Korea as a nuclear state, a loaded question, hoping to catch him off-guard. “”I think there sor of a nuclear power . . They got a lot of nuclear weapons. I’ll say that,” walking a fine line, but telling it like it is. Trump went through all the nuclear machinations with Kim, all pressured by Democrats and the press to get Kim to disarm, or view his contact as a complete failure. But the fact that Trump was meeting with Kim was beneficial to U.S. foreign policy and national security. Now both leaders think fondly about their relationship, something good for the U.S. “I still have a good memory of President Trump,” Kim said in a speech last month according to state media. South Korea’s Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said there was “considerable” chance that Trump could visit with Kim when in South Korea.
Kim said he would be happy to meet with Trump as long as the U.S. gives up its “absurd” policy to give up its nuclear weapons. Kim defied the world community in pursuing nuclear weapons and ICBMs, a policy that left North Korean with more global clout. Trump has no plans yet to meet with Kim but it looks like it’s moving in that direction. With Trump facing the same Democrat and fake news hue-and-cry about his affinity for dictators, a meeting with Kim would cement Trump’s foreign policy credentials. Former President Joe Biden had no contact with Kim Jong-up during his four years in office. Biden couldn’t conduct normal foreign policy because of his cognitive impairments, something covered up by Democrats and the fake news. Trump has real relations with world leaders, something Biden could only dream about. Yet Trump gets no credit from Democrats and the fake news.
Air Force One lands in Busan, South Korea Wednesday, where no doubt Suzie Wiles will be busy scheduling his rendezvous with Kim Jong-un. Trump meeting with Kim actually will help push Putin along toward a peace settlement in Ukraine. Putin likes the preferential treatment he gets from Trump. Only recently Trump has grown frustrated because he can’t understand Putin’s reluctance to move ahead with a peace deal. South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung who wants peace on the Korean Peninsula to be a high priority for Trump. Jae-Myung wants Trump to meet with Kim for the purpose of eventual nuclear disarmament on the Korean Peninula, something that’s a long way off. Kim made clear he wants no pressure from Trump on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament. Trump’s main focus in South Korea hopes to reset U.S.-Chinese relations withXi Jinping.
Trump wants Xi to reinstate U.S. access for China’s rare earth minerals, something used in advance AI computer chips. Xi controls 90% of the rare earth minerals and could use it as a bargaining chip in future trade negotiations. Trump has been threatening Xi with 100% tariffs on Chinese goods, something that would harm U.S. companies doing business in China, not to mention American consumers. Trump has been trying to level the playing field with tariffs with a wide range of countries. Increasing tariffs have reduced the federal budget deficit to $1.78 trillion, down $41 billion from 2024. Trump plans to rebate American taxpayers for the revenues gain implemented his tariff policy. Pushing Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell to cut interest rates in November, Trump tries to strike the right balance between inflation and economic growth.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
