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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn February, when the NK-USA talks failed, there's the possibility that the failure
was partly b/c Trump jerked Kim around. And Kim blamed the failure for getting even a partial success on his officials and had them executed. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48477248
If memory serves, Kim walked in with a list of demands that Trump refused to consider. When negotiations work themselves out like that, there's usually a reason. A reason like the Trump officials indicated there would be some kind of trade between the two leaders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Hanoi_Summit
Kim, being Kim, maybe punished his officials for believing whatever the Trump Team told them they should believe.
Tanuki
(14,893 posts)that he promised for the return of Otto Warmbier.
Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)The NK demands were just an excuse.
no_hypocrisy
(45,771 posts)Karadeniz
(22,267 posts)Trump thinks his very aura of greatness will blow everyone's mind and they'll bend to his will. His behavior probably caused those n. Koreans to be executed/imprisoned. Just impossible to convey his abject unsuitability for this job.