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Originally Posted by zeek
Right. Trump, by meeting with him, legitimized Kim Jong-un , one of the worst violators of human rights in the world today. Nice work, dotard.
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When Trump took office Obama told him that North Korea would be his biggest concern. NK began testing intercontinental ballistic missiles that could hit the US and large nuclear warheads. It was the closest we have been to a nuclear confrontation in years.
Now, a few months later NK attended the Olympics in SK, went to the summit, and have pledged in principal to denuclearize.
We have not insulted him, instead we are giving him the carrot of billions of dollars of investments flowing into the country for development projects. Any unbiased assessment would conclude that the situation with North Korea has improved dramatically, more than in the past 20-30 years.
Doesn't mean it will last, but it is a good first step towards improving relations.