North Korea Issues New Threat on Trump Meeting, Calling Pence Remarks 'Ignorant and Stupid'
Source: NY Times
SEOUL, South Korea North Korea said on Thursday that it would have second thoughts about a summit meeting between its leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump if American officials continued to make what the North considers threats against its leadership.
The North Korean official who issued the warning singled out Vice President Mike Pence for remarks that she called ignorant and stupid. In an interview broadcast on Monday on Fox News, Mr. Pence warned that North Koreas government could end up like that of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former Libyan leader.
Mr. Qaddafi gave up his nascent nuclear program in the apparent hopes of staving off Western intervention and sanctions, and of negotiating economic integration with the West. But little of that happened, and years later he was killed by rebels after he was weakened in a military action against Libya by the United States and its European allies.
In a statement carried by the Norths official Korean Central News Agency on Thursday, the North Korean official, Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui, referred to unlawful and outrageous acts by top American officials and said that Mr. Pence had made unbridled and impudent remarks that North Korea might end like Libya.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/world/asia/north-korea-trump-pence-summit.html
So, how goes that Nobel peace prize effort going in terms of getting North Korea to give up its Nukes?
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/385169-gop-lawmaker-planning-to-nominate-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize
GOP lawmaker touts Nobel Peace Prize for Trump
Rep. Luke Messer (R-Ind.) is pressing colleagues to support President Trump
Messer says it would recognize Trump for his role in the new peace talks between North and South Korea.
We are seeing unprecedented progress toward peace, and its a direct result of President Trumps strong leadership, said Messer, who is battling fellow GOP Rep. Todd Rokita (Ind.) and former Rep. Mike Braun in a primary to take on Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly.
Following this historic announcement, President Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize. Our peace through strength strategy is delivering never before seen results, Messer added in a statement.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)It's not a risky bet to assume it was ignorant and stupid.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)Pence is a stupid shithead that made a living in that realm for years. He knows nothing but to utter bilge. The damage those clowns are inflicting will take 50 years to fix.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)are the people who legitimized Kim and his regime. They acknowledged that Kim was a major player in the world, and deserved special attention from world leaders. That's all Kim ever wanted, to be legitimized, so he could show his people what a "great leader" he is. He'll want the keys to the kingdom to get rid of his nuclear capabilities, and probably wouldn't totally get rid of them even then. This is all on Trump. Instead of a Nobel Prize, like "everyone" is talking about he should get a load of very fresh cow manure dumped on top of his ridiculous hairdo. It would certainly be an improvement.
gyroscope
(1,443 posts)with North Korea, Iran or anyone else. Never had, never will. They are the party of endless war, not peace.
otoh, the democrats aren't much better in this regard.
RockRaven
(14,990 posts)I must say that a great deal of the babbling which comes out of Pence's mouth is indeed "ignorant and stupid."
trusty elf
(7,399 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Would be like giving the Nobel Prize for Literature to R.L. Stine.
It's an idea so totally absurd, it's not even worth talking about.
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)gop jerks get a little traction on the tariff issues...the n. korean
meeting and plans to destroy nukes...and you gotta add
in the iran agreement..pullout. These idiots think they've
got the world by the tail while the world laughs its ass
off at their stupidity...