>>1682986

>Pres. Trump says "within the first minute" he'll know if negotiations with Kim Jong Un will produce favorable outcome.

Kim Jong Un likes Rodman and Trump does also, The Art of the Deal requires the negotiators to size up the other side quickly and accurately. Bolton remarks seem to have been thrown in along the line and that represents the neocon position President Trump tends to disregard. The moment of decision is going to be reached here quite quickly, either the North Korean leader is someone Our Beloved President can deal with, or the plane returns home quickly. The personal chemistry is more important that any other consideration, of which Chinese and Russian influence has already been thrown into the mix. The Vienna summit will be something to look forward to in more ways than one.

>>1683262

Perhaps Lavrov is to Putin what Bolton is to Trump, as I'm not overly familiar with Lavrov, he does seem to be a practical man with respect to Syria, the Crimea aside for the moment. I'd rather have Rodman at the table with me than Bolton, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been a welcome surprise in terms of loyalty and usefulness, not to mention a command of common sense and reason.

I think President Trump foresees an assimilation of North Korea into the more prosperous South Korea, to the objection of China and Russia, but POTUS is already one step ahead of the opposition with references to the Korean people as a whole. North Korea has very valuable mineral reserves with which to enrich her impoverished people, and President Trump knows this along with Xi and Putin. Give the guy a Provincial Palace and let the Chinese and Russians serve as enforcers while Japan, South Korea, and the US send in the economic aid. Win, win. Art of the Deal.

Good posting along the way, Anon, on headline reporting.

>>1683482

>I still don't trust Lavrov.

From the perspective of the Russian Bear, the dissolution of the Russian Empire was the end of the Cold War and yet NATO aggression has never ceased to assimilate dismembered States, with the CIA having overthrown Ukraine, not to mention the Georgian situation with their tie eating leader.