This is being reported. Scoop: Trump open to U.S. embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea

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Scoop: Trump open to U.S. embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea

President Trump is willing to consider establishing official relations with North Korea and even eventually putting an embassy in Pyongyang, according to two sources familiar with preparations for the Singapore summit. "It would all depend what he gets in return," said a source close to the White House. "Denuclearization would have to be happening."

The sources stressed that this is one of many topics that could be discussed at the summit, and that certainly nothing like that has been decided or is necessarily expected to emerge from Trump’s historic mano a mano with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.


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But the U.S. and North Korean working groups — with engagements in New York, the DMZ and Singapore — have discussed establishing official relations between the two countries that would involve putting a U.S. embassy in Pyongyang.

One of the sources, who is familiar with the president’s thinking, said Trump had made it a point not to reject any ideas headed into the summit:

https://www.axios.com/scoop-trump-open-to-us-embassy-in-pyongyang-north-korea-dff4cd58-5745-4fb0-bd2c-05c5e376d982.html

How stupid do they think Kim and the rest of the world really are is my question? This is obviously BS on its face. Sure, it's easy fodder, but it's still not going to happen before Trump is out of office, and after that never.

This administration is drunk and needs to go home.

[triron]

1. Anything for Putin.

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2. That goes without saying.

Putin was at G7 via his proxy, Trump.

[oberliner]

3. The UK has one for what that is worth

As does Germany.

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4. Which means nothing.

We don't, and that's for a reason.

[RockRaven]

5. It is an absolute betrayal of US State Department personnel never mind embassy Marine security staff

to place a single one of the in Pyongyang. The threat to their personal safety/lives as well as the likelihood that they become hostages (in fact or in abstract) is so great that such a move would be totally beyond the pale.

Other nations have different track records with DPRK/Kim regime. The fact that other nations have embassies there is not particularly relevant as to whether or not it is a moral monstrosity to order US personnel into that sort of situation.

[herding cats]

6. You get it.

This is why we don't have an embassy there. There's no way we, considering how long a history of hate they hold against us, would ever be safe there.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

7. I'll 'trump' that bitch

I'm open to about anything that involves you hitting the road dt. He's open, I'm open, we're open....he isn't so special. (or uniquely "Open&quot

[xor]

8. Perhaps I am in the minority here, but if I would be happy to see that happen

I see this as long-term positive step toward getting North Korea to rejoin the world. Whatever is going on here with Donald Trump is short-term and we shouldn't let our feelings about him get in the way of something that overall would be a positive. That being said, I am pretty sure Trump will somehow screw things up. I hope he doesn't and I hope somehow things go forward, but I have little faith in this administration.

Also, letting Trump do the work of convincing conservatives to go along with thawing of relations with North Korea will make it easier for our next adult president (hopefully a democrat) to continue down this path. If Obama or Clinton were in a similar situation with North Korea, then the republicans would be screaming about the evil commies like they did with Cuba.

[soryang]

9. Right

People who are against normalizing relations with North Korea are living in a past that is no longer relevant. We can advance American interests in Northeast Asia, or time and change can pass us by.

The Japanese are the only country who would oppose this development. It's only appropriate with resolution of the nuclear proliferation issue. It's time to step back from the brinkmanship of war in Korea.