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mia

(8,356 posts)
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:24 AM May 2018

U.S. Offered North Korea Trump Hotel and Casino as Incentive to Halt Nuke Program

Update: This is satire from a year ago.



U.S. Offered North Korea Trump Hotel and Casino as Incentive to Halt Nuke Program
MAY 5, 2017 by R. HOBBUS J.D.

PYONGYANG, Dprk. – U.S. officials met in secret with a delegation from North Korea last month to iron out the details of a historic agreement that will allow the Trump Organization to open a luxury hotel and casino in Pyongyang as an incentive for the regime to dismantle its nuclear program, a senior State Department official told The Wall Street Journal on Friday.

“North Koreans may soon find themselves enjoying all the benefits and experiences that a five-star luxury resort has to offer,” State Department spokesperson Stacy Friedman told The Journal. Under the agreement, the United States will purchase the Ryugyong Hotel, a 105-story pyramid-shaped skyscraper located in Pyongyang, for $850 million before turning ownership of the property over to the Trump Organization. “Ultimately, North Korea will pay us back for the cost of the hotel,” explained Ms. Friedman before adding that the five-star resort will provide a significant boost to North Korea’s struggling economy.

While the United States does not maintain official contact with the country’s reclusive leadership, officials have expressed confidence that North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un will be “extremely satisfied” with Pyongyang’s Trump International Hotel and Casino. “One of the more visually stunning aspects of this property is its sheer size, especially when compared to the Trump World towers in Seoul,” a senior White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press, told The Washington Times.

In addition to becoming one of Asia’s most sought after vacation destinations, the Trump International Hotel and Casino in Pyongyang could serve as an impromptu embassy for the United States. “You’re going to have a very neutral environment where American and North Korean officials can get together and socialize,” Michael Winthrop, who served as an adviser to former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert, told Real News Right Now. “Regardless of your political leanings, this is a clear opportunity to establish some form of common ground.”




http://realnewsrightnow.com/2017/05/u-s-offered-north-korea-trump-hotel-casino-incentive-halt-nuke-program/





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U.S. Offered North Korea Trump Hotel and Casino as Incentive to Halt Nuke Program (Original Post) mia May 2018 OP
WTFF?!?!?!?!?!?!? Zoonart May 2018 #1
Yeah, while it is totally believable that Trump would do this... Wounded Bear May 2018 #3
It's a satire site. B2G May 2018 #5
With this Shaministration carrying on out in the open ya never know. Kirk Lover May 2018 #18
Here is the author's bio- rzemanfl May 2018 #6
"The Oscar Mayer Award for Journalistic Excellence" B2G May 2018 #7
That's a very famous baloney award for weiners. Bigly. n/t rzemanfl May 2018 #11
LMAO! B2G May 2018 #13
That is the most schizophrenic bio I ever read. Zoonart May 2018 #9
What are you, an ableist or something? rzemanfl May 2018 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author lunasun May 2018 #2
Eh... is this some kind of bad dream? Eyeball_Kid May 2018 #4
That is a year old. leftyladyfrommo May 2018 #8
Because it's not. B2G May 2018 #10
Well, that explains that. leftyladyfrommo May 2018 #15
You might want to update your OP to note it's satire. nt B2G May 2018 #12
Just did. mia May 2018 #16
Fake news left-of-center2012 May 2018 #17
And he's exchanging Alaska with Putin to cancel his debts to the russians. BSdetect May 2018 #19

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
3. Yeah, while it is totally believable that Trump would do this...
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:29 AM
May 2018

I think I'll wait for more sources on this one before I invest any energy into outrage.

rzemanfl

(29,540 posts)
6. Here is the author's bio-
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:32 AM
May 2018

R. Hobbus J.D. is an internationally acclaimed independent investigative journalist specializing in international politics, health, business, science, conflict resolution, history, geography, mathematics, social issues, feminism, space travel, civil rights, human rights, animal rights, fashion, film, astronomy, classic literature, religion, biology, paranormal activity, the occult, physics, psychology, and creative writing. He has appeared in countless publications including Time Magazine, Newsweek, Playboy, The Economist, The New York Times, Mad Magazine, Hustler, Guns & Ammo, People, Maxim Magazine, Highlights, The 9/11 Commission Report, The New Yorker, Bon Appetite, Rolling Stone, Car & Driver, Soldier of Fortune, Elle, Nintendo Power, National Geographic, and many more. He has received numerous awards for his work including the prestigious Stephen Glass Distinction in Journalistic Integrity (2011), The Oscar Mayer Award for Journalistic Excellence (2003), three Nobel Peace Prize nominations, one Pulitzer in Investigative Reporting (1998), and two Pulitzer Prizes in Commentary (1996, 2008). He resides comfortably in his modest home overlooking the coast of Nantucket surrounded by his wife and twelve cats.


Response to mia (Original post)

Eyeball_Kid

(7,410 posts)
4. Eh... is this some kind of bad dream?
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:30 AM
May 2018

And it looks like the GOP is playing with itself while Trumpy burns down the house. They’re all money grubbing grifters. NO ONE is standing on principle.

 

B2G

(9,766 posts)
10. Because it's not.
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:42 AM
May 2018

From Snopes:

"Like all content published by Real News Right Now, the story was satirical in nature, although the site does not include a disclaimer identifying its material fake news . However, the site’s “About” page includes several obvious indicators, such as its humorous claims that author R. Hobbus J.D. has received non-existent awards such as the “Oscar Mayer Award for Journalistic Excellence” and the “Stephen Glass Distinction in Journalistic Integrity.”

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-turkey-pardons-reversed/

leftyladyfrommo

(18,816 posts)
15. Well, that explains that.
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:47 AM
May 2018

Besides, no one in N Korea has the money to stay anywhere. It would be as empty as their streets.

What is sad is that Trump might really try sonething like that.

So hard to tell what is real and what is an illusion anymore.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
17. Fake news
Wed May 9, 2018, 10:28 AM
May 2018

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