Korean Summit

Dear Mr. President,

I have been thinking a lot about your summit with Kim Jong-un. I have been thinking about what you said. I have also been thinking the
deal you made.

Mr. President, you got played. Yes, it was a historic meeting. There is no deny that. But what did you get out of this? Nothing.

Mr. President, lets look at what you promised. You promised an end to the American-Korean war games. These games are to help the American soldiers and Korean military learn to work together in case the North invades again. Your lame excuse about saving money does not pass the sniff test. And agreeing to stop flights of B-52s and B-1s from Guam for the same reason shows a complete lack of understanding of military power.

You also agreed to visit their capital and invited Kim Jong-un to the White House. Congratulations, you have just given this regime the one thing they have wanted since the invasion of 1950. Legitimacy.

By having this photo op and summit (with the ceremonial handshake), you have de facto given the regime political recognition. Kim Jong-un, thanks to you, is now a player on the world stage.

And what did you get? A binding deal of inspections and inspectors? An inventory of their bombs and their locations? Information on how much plutonium and uranium they have along with data about their centrifuges?

Nope. What you got was a vague promise about nuclear disarmament. Nothing binding. In case you missed the history lesson from the briefings you skipped, North Korea has made these type of promises before and never kept them.

Where was your much vaunted deal making skills? Instead of making a deal in the best interest of the United States and the World, you were looking for person enrichment. When does the new Trump Tower open in their capital?

No, Mr. President, you will not be getting the Noble Peace Prize. There was no peace treaty. Maybe you should have let your diplomats set up the treaties before you rushed in to show how much smarter you are than everybody else. Too bad it didn't work.

Signed,
An Informed Citizen.