Re: 6-Jul-18 World View -- Sec of State Pompeo visits North Korea amid reports that sanctions will be softened
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:38 am
Looks like the wheels are coming off the charm offensive train. No
surprise:
surprise:
Which of the following will occur next?NBC News wrote: > Jul 07, 2018
> Sec. Pompeo said he had 'productive conversations' in North
> Korea. But leaders there said the talks were 'regrettable.'
> Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departed Pyongyang, North Korea,
> Saturday after engaging in tense negotiations over the dismantling
> of the country’s nuclear weapons program. He met with Vice
> Chairman Kim Yong Chol, but did not meet with North Korean leader
> Kim Jong Un.
> “We had many hours of productive conversations,” Pompeo told
> reporters shortly before departing for Tokyo. “These are
> complicated issues but we made progress on almost all of the
> central issues. Some places a great deal of progress, other places
> there’s still more work to be done.”
> But in a statement issued after Pompeo had landed in Japan, North
> Korea said the talks were “regrettable” and accused Washington of
> trying to unilaterally pressure the country into abandoning its
> nukes.
- Trump will order resumption of the canceled military drills.
- Trump will offer a new concession.