The Glorious Blog of the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea

[Jeff Lebowski]

Nicholas Kristoff got a special visa and make a trip to NK recently.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/o...rth-korea.html

Folks there are convinced they could win a nuclear war with the US. Crazy times.

[Eddie]

If he's THAT idiotic and reckless we need to impeach today. Or is having a president who has a real strategy with something as important as foreign policy as it relates to North Korea, just too much to ask? Is having a president who acts like a 7 year old ok?

Not gonna lie - I kind of like the fact that the NK folks are going through back channels to try to figure out what Trump is doing. I really like that they are getting done to them what they've been doing to the rest of the world for years - trolled by weird saber rattling tweets.

Obviously I'm not wanting this to turn into war. But I'm OK with NK getting a little freaked out.

On the other hand - and I don't think Trump is doing this (unfortunately) - there is both a theory in psychology and a parenting technic I've see that both have to do with matching.

First - the theory in psychology. The idea is that you match the client's intensity and mannerisms - you begin where they are. If they are loud and fast, so are you. Then, you can slowly begin to be less loud and less fast. And as you move to a different place, they will tend to follow you.

If this is a starting place, and Trump can slowly walk back his hyperbole and get Kim to follow - win/win!

Second - the parenting technic. Basically, when a kid starts to throw a tantrum, you start your own tantrum right there with them. They'll see what you're doing, how out of control and silly it looks, and they'll stop to take it in. Then you can have a conversation about it.

Kim has been tantruming in NK for years. If Trump's tantrums get him to pause and look around a little, maybe that's OK too.

[BlueK]

Definitely grounds for impeachment. Great take!

You're clearly the strangest poster on here with anything political. But at least you proudly own it.

[Walter Sobchak]

If he's THAT idiotic and reckless we need to impeach today.

Definitely grounds for impeachment. Great take!

[BlueK]

I'm picking D.

Trump doesn't have a strategy, this has nothing to do with negotiations and he isn't necessarily interested in a war. But, much like the 7 year-old on the playground, he has a very hard time walking away from a bully braggart when he knows that he has more better stuff than the other guy.

If he's THAT idiotic and reckless we need to impeach today. Or is having a president who has a real strategy with something as important as foreign policy as it relates to North Korea, just too much to ask? Is having a president who acts like a 7 year old ok?

[BlueK]

You and frank can't be this dumb.

please explain. Tell us why Trump's stirring the pot is beneficial here. It can't be any dumber than being scared of war with Russia so we'd better capitulate to Putin on everything.

[Eddie]

Which is more likely to be true about Trump's strategy?

A. Trump with his daily provocative tweets about N. Korea really thinks it's going to scare them into negotiating out of their nuclear weapons and missile tests

OR

B. Trump is hoping he can get Kim Jung Un to attack so we can have full scale war.

OR

C. Trump thinks both scenarios are ok, so it doesn't matter what he does.

I'm picking D.

Trump doesn't have a strategy, this has nothing to do with negotiations and he isn't necessarily interested in a war. But, much like the 7 year-old on the playground, he has a very hard time walking away from a bully braggart when he knows that he has more better stuff than the other guy.

[Walter Sobchak]

Which is more likely to be true about Trump's strategy?

A. Trump with his daily provocative tweets about N. Korea really thinks it's going to scare them into negotiating out of their nuclear weapons and missile tests

OR

B. Trump is hoping he can get Kim Jung Un to attack so we can have full scale war.

OR

C. Trump thinks both scenarios are ok, so it doesn't matter what he does.

You and frank can't be this dumb.

[BlueK]

Which is more likely to be true about Trump's strategy?

A. Trump with his daily provocative tweets about N. Korea really thinks it's going to scare them into negotiating out of their nuclear weapons and missile tests

OR

B. Trump is hoping he can get Kim Jung Un to attack so we can have full scale war.

OR

C. Trump thinks both scenarios are ok, so it doesn't matter what he does.

[Walter Sobchak]

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Not bad... except when you consider Kim Jong-un shot an 18 on the same course and in the same conditions.

[smokymountainrain]

North Korea taps GOP analysts to better understand Trump and his messages

so NK is the sensible party in this relationship. great.

[creekster]

North Korea taps GOP analysts to better understand Trump and his messages

If they find something that allows them to figure him out I certainly hope they will share it with the rest of us.

[myboynoah]

North Korea taps GOP analysts to better understand Trump and his messages

North Korean government officials have been quietly trying to arrange talks with Republican-linked analysts in Washington, in an apparent attempt to make sense of President Trump and his confusing messages to Kim Jong Un’s regime.

The outreach began before the current eruption of threats between the two leaders but will probably become only more urgent as Trump and Kim have descended into name-calling that, many analysts worry, sharply increases the chances of potentially catastrophic misunderstandings.

“Their number one concern is Trump. They can’t figure him out,” said one person with direct knowledge of North Korea’s approach to Asia experts with Republican connections.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Is Trump trying to provoke N. Korea into starting a war? Is that his strategy here or is it something else?

Eisenhower's Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, observed that "The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art." I'm not sure I agree with that, but apparently it is Trump's strategy here, if indeed he has a strategy.

[BlueK]

Is Trump trying to provoke N. Korea into starting a war? Is that his strategy here or is it something else?