Page 2 March 15 , 2018
Politically Speaking
Trump Meeting with Kim Sounds
Good, but Unlikely to Happen
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By Cristian Vasquez
In the area of things that sound great
on paper but are more difficult to pull off,
President Trump announced that he’d agree
to speak with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
The statement is surprising, due in part
to Trump’s ongoing criticisms and insults
launched at the North Korean leader -- and
even though the idea that both leaders meet
is exciting, to say the least, it is unlikely
that such a meeting would ever happen. The
fact remains that for more than 20 years,
no U.S. president has met with the North
Korean leader. President Bill Clinton went as
far as sending Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright, while President George W. Bush
took a more aggressive stance, accusing the
country of being part of an “axis of evil.”
President Obama expressed willingness to
speak with the leader, but never believed
the regime would commit to the conditions
imposed.
So why is President Trump’s statement,
although enticing, no more than just talk?
Among the many issues between both nations,
one core difference is the U.S. has been asking
for North Korea to begin its nuclear disarmament
-- a request that the Asian country has
refused. Even with South Korean National
Security Advisor Chung Eui-Yong “revealing”
outside the White House that Trump would
potentially meet Kim by May in order to
achieve “permanent denuclearization,” the
odds seem slim. Agreeing to disarm would
be a defeat for the North Korean leader, and
our leaders have historically refused to be
diplomatic with leaders that do not cater to
their interests.
Another obstacle is location. Where would
these two leaders meet? Kim isn’t known
for his affinity for travel, and in all honesty
President Trump going to North Korea would
give the host way too much of an upper hand.
Plus, I doubt any of our intelligence agencies
would recommend such a meeting should
take place in North Korea. That leaves very
few options for a location to meet. China?
Seems like a common ally, but how safe of
an option is that? If the meeting is to take
place in May, as announced by Eui-Yong,
then both sides need to hurry and decide
on a location that is not only strategically
convenient for both but also gives both sides
a sense of safety and that can demonstrate
good will by all involved.
Lastly, the death of American college student
Otto Warmbier is still a dark reminder of the
unpredictability of the North Korean regime.
Furthermore, three other Americans remain
captive in North Korea and CIA Director
Mike Pompeo told CBS’ Face the Nation
that the country does have “as a priority
getting the return of those three American
citizens” as quickly as possible. Maybe it is
skepticism or simply that I’m going off on
past behaviors and patterns demonstrated by
North Korea, but this could be a big obstacle
to a possible meeting. It would be great for
both leaders to sit and resolve differences,
but neither man has shown anything other
than child-like, reckless behavior when not
getting their way. •
President Trump Breaks Down,
Heads to Golden Sanctuary State
By Duane Plank
After nearly 14 months in office, shunning
the state that completely turned its back on
his aspirations in the 2016 election, President
Donald J. Trump, on the heels of a very busy
week in the West Wing, was scheduled to visit
our Golden Sanctuary State earlier this week.
The Prez had plans to check out the border
wall festivities down San Diego way and try to
collect some Benjamins from well-heeled locals
in the El Lay area as he and his ever-changing
posse try to stock his reelection campaign coffers.
Shockingly, Trump and his Secret Service
detail were planning to steer clear of the
mosh-pit sewer of failed policies and liberalism
-- San Francisco -- during his brief stay in Cali.
I wonder if iconic crooner Tony Bennett,
chugging along as he approaches his 92nd
birthday, still thinks he “left his heart in San
Francisco?”
No trips to the cultural cesspool of Oakland
were planned either. Or photo ops with Bump
City’s brazen mayor, Libby Schaaf, who recently
burnished her leftist, open-borders credentials
by warning illegal immigrant criminals of an
impending raid by Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) officials.
According to ICE head honcho Thomas
Homan, Ms. Schaaf’s blatant disregard for
federal law, tipping off criminals in this country
illegally, resulted in the ICE raids missing out,
according to Homan, on the hoose-gowing of
up to 800 criminals in the country illegally.
It’s the same proud area of our state circling
the drain, with more leftist policies sanctioned
every day. It allowed the monster who murdered
Kate Steinle in 2015 to take advantage of the
absurd “catch and release policy.” Maybe I
missed something, but I thought “catch and
release” was a fishing credo where you caught
the fish… and if you were adept enough at
removing the hook and didn’t gut the fish,
you let the fish go. Didn’t think it meant nab
an illegal criminal, obstruct ICE from doing
their job, and then release him into the general
population to perpetrate more crimes.
So Trump and his hard-working team,
when they are not apparently glued to the TV
watching the FOX News Channel, seemingly
accomplished a good deal last week. The
president, apparently much to the consternation
of Chief Economic Advisor Gary Cohn
(who resigned), levied tariffs on outsiders
who flood the American market with cheap
steel or aluminum. Trump then dialed down
the tariff, exempting at this time our friends
from the Great White North and Mexico.
It appears Trump is considering exempting
other countries.
Predictably, the sky-is-falling folks lost their
collective minds. And the stock market tanked,
with jittery investors leading the way. No clue
if this tariff is good or bad, but if it increases
the price of a beer can a penny, I think that
I can deal with that.
Oh, and apparently the president, due to his
aggressive negotiating policy with the corpulent
midget running NOKO, is going to meet with
Kim Jong-Un sometime before May. Who
would have thought that a reality TV star
would have been able to accomplish more
with NOKO than our swampy career pols? •