Trump would host Kim Jong Un in US

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[Santander]

He is willing to engage in diplomacy. How exactly is that a bad thing?

[RaphaelDLG]

He is willing to engage in diplomacy. How exactly is that a bad thing?

YOU DONT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS.  LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE IRAN DEAL!

[Santander]

He is willing to engage in diplomacy. How exactly is that a bad thing?

YOU DONT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS.  LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE IRAN DEAL!

Well, I don't support the Iran deal because I think that the agreement conceded power to Iran and projected the wrong image.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

He is willing to engage in diplomacy. How exactly is that a bad thing?

Besides the fact that there's not a chance in hell North Korea would come to the negotiating table or overthrow the Kim regime (which is the only thing that would give North Koreans a quarter-chance at becoming a free democracy), it's not bad at all.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

Not a Trump supporter at all, but...

He is willing to engage in diplomacy. How exactly is that a bad thing?

[Holmes]

Welcoming and hosting dictators in the US, and bringing them into the White House is... problematic.

[Santander]

He is willing to engage in diplomacy. How exactly is that a bad thing?

Besides the fact that there's not a chance in hell North Korea would come to the negotiating table or overthrow the Kim regime (which is the only thing that would give North Koreans a quarter-chance at becoming a free democracy), it's not bad at all.

Considering where he started, (encouraging Japan and South Korea to get nukes) it's certainly progress.

[Adam Griffin]

Welcoming and hosting dictators in the US, and bringing them into the White House is... problematic tradition.

[DINGO Joe]

After Trump loses the election, he should have a podcast where he and a third world dictator (or heck even Putin) go out and get pizza.

[Santander]

Welcoming and hosting dictators in the US, and bringing them into the White House is... problematic.

There is one living in the White House right now.

(That felt so good to say... and I'm even allowed to say that because I have a blue avatar!)

[Dr. Arch]

Welcoming and hosting dictators in the US, and bringing them into the White House is... problematic.

There is one living in the White House right now.

(That felt so good to say... and I'm even allowed to say that because I have a blue avatar!)

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[RaphaelDLG]

Welcoming and hosting dictators in the US, and bringing them into the White House is... problematic.

There is one living in the White House right now.

(That felt so good to say... and I'm even allowed to say that because I have a blue avatar!)

Yeah, a guy who was routinely pimp-slapped by John Boehner at the negotiation table is a bona fide dictator.

[HAnnA MArin County]

After Trump loses the election, he should have a podcast where he and a third world dictator (or heck even Putin) go out and get pizza.

He and Sarah Palin can have a pizza party in Alaska and watch Putin eat his pizza across the border in Russia.

[The Last Northerner]

It's like he would sit down and meet with foreign dictators!

Obama would never suggest such a thing.

[Ljube]

He is willing to engage in diplomacy. How exactly is that a bad thing?

[The Mikado]

Welcoming and hosting dictators in the US, and bringing them into the White House is... problematic.

Um...has there been a president since before FDR who didn't host a dictator at the White House?

Also, having a hostile foreign leader tour the country can be a massive PR coup, whether it was Khrushchev in the 50s or Ahmadinejad in the 00s. It gives the US a chance to show off to a foreign leader's face.

[Gustaf]

I'm assuming Trump would just use this as a pretext to murder him, Red Wedding style.

[Mr. Morden]

Welcoming and hosting dictators in the US, and bringing them into the White House is... problematic.

Um...has there been a president since before FDR who didn't host a dictator at the White House?

Also, having a hostile foreign leader tour the country can be a massive PR coup, whether it was Khrushchev in the 50s or Ahmadinejad in the 00s. It gives the US a chance to show off to a foreign leader's face.

But not all dictators are the same.  The North Korean regime experiences a rare level of international isolation, to the point where getting a face to face meeting with any Western leader (let alone the president of the United States) is something of a PR coup for them.  That’s why they were willing to trade prisoners for a visit from former Pres. Bill Clinton in the past.

So regardless of what Obama said during the 2008 campaign, I don’t actually see him being willing to personally meet with Kim Jong Un without some kind of concession from the North Koreans.  That’s not to say that he wouldn’t be allowed into the country.  Since the UN is in New York, I guess they kind of have to let any foreign head of government in.  But would Obama meet with him while he was there?  I don’t think so.  Nor do I think Hillary Clinton would do it.  Trump…who knows.  He says he would, but I have no idea.

Same goes for Bashar Assad, for that matter.  Setting aside the fact that Assad may not want to visit a Western country for fear of prosecution for war crimes, I don’t see either Obama or Clinton agreeing to meet with him face to face.

[Fuzzy Bear]

I think that the potential for good always exists when folks are willing to talk to their enemies.  It's when folks are desperate for the headlines that come with "historic agreements" that problems start.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Welcoming and hosting dictators in the US, and bringing them into the White House is... problematic.

[skoods]

This isn't problematic in itself, though Kim would never entertain such an offer.

The problem is that Donald Trump has done nothing but antagonize and alienate our allies whilst doing everything to cozy up to and liken himself to our enemies.

It's like he wants to completely change the fabric of American foreign policy and our allegiances. If Donald Trump were president during WWII, we'd probably join the AXIS.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Kim won't leave NK because he's afraid of a coup. He wouldn't even cross the border into Russia last year when Putin invited him.

[Sir Mohamed]

Fine idea. I would do it and then indict him for his crimes.

[RINO Tom]

Welcoming and hosting dictators in the US, and bringing them into the White House is... problematic.

There is one living in the White House right now.

(That felt so good to say... and I'm even allowed to say that because I have a blue avatar!)

Ugh.