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Trump Set To Meet Face-To-Face With Kim Jong-un, And Soon!

Nukes On The Table, Sanctions Remain For Now, Time And Place Not Yet Determined, Just That It’ll Be “By May”

Eric J Scholl

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Soon we won’t have to do a split screen

This story unfolded in a very strange way: South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong, who just met with Kim Jong-un in North Korea, came out of the doors of the White House to announce he had presented Trump with a personal request from Kim for talks, and Trump had accepted. Here’s a short video of the announcement:

Trump was not present for that, but shortly after confirmed the story, via Tweet.

Trump would be the first sitting President to meet with a North Korean leader. We won’t speculate too much about the location of the meeting: but with talk of “decapitation squads” and rapid assault teams, it’s highly unlikely Kim will leave North Korea. So will this become a “Nixon in China” type scenario (where Kim can deliver the type of spectacle Trump loves)? Or will the…

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