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b_b  ·  2237 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Another Giant Step

    It's entirely possible that North Korea is at the table because they've spent themselves into the ground.

That might explain why NK is at the table, but it sure doesn't explain why we are. We apparently didn't even probe what concessions we could have extracted for even agreeing to explore the idea of bilateral talks. Trump is quite possibly the worst negotiator that has ever had a say in US foreign policy. And when you compare his negotiation skills with his own assessment of his negotiation skills, I think you might break the Dunning-Kruger scale. Bush made the comment "He makes me look pretty good" before this latest fuckup.