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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
Thu May 24, 2018, 12:38 PM May 2018

Trump Jeopardizes Reporters By Canceling Summit While They Are In N. Korea

Source: PoliticusUSA, by Jason Easley

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The White House could have waited to release the letter until after the journalists had safely gotten out of North Korea.

In 2016, a BBC crew was detained and expelled from North Korea. In 2017, the regime sentenced South Korean journalists and their publishers to death in absentia because they wrote a book about North Korea.

North Korea is not a safe country for journalists. Trump risked the safety of journalists because he had to throw a tantrum because Kim Jong-un insulted Mike Pence. This is not how foreign relations should ever be conducted, but as usual, Trump shows a total disregard for anyone’s life but his own.

Trump isn’t just failing. His failures are jeopardizing innocent lives.

Read it all at: https://www.politicususa.com/2018/05/24/trump-jeopardizes-reporters-by-canceling-summit-while-they-are-in-n-korea.html


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Trump Jeopardizes Reporters By Canceling Summit While They Are In N. Korea (Original Post) yallerdawg May 2018 OP
Two reasons he did this a. he didnt know they were there or cares if they live or die. b stupid Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #1
I choose all of the above. dhol82 May 2018 #3
c. yallerdawg May 2018 #4
Oh yes, I did not mean one or the other... Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #5
That's why I don't serve on juries! yallerdawg May 2018 #7
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker May 2018 #2
This is intentional DBoon May 2018 #6
Trump is probably more fearful of the press NewJeffCT May 2018 #9
Knowing him, he did it on purpose. smirkymonkey May 2018 #8
It didn't help that he thanked him profusely for releasing the hostages. Vinca May 2018 #10
He would cheer if they were arrested. sheshe2 May 2018 #11
He'd love an incident. yallerdawg May 2018 #12

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
5. Oh yes, I did not mean one or the other...
Thu May 24, 2018, 12:44 PM
May 2018

When can we laugh again?

Ever hear of a Canadian TV SHow called


https://twitter.com/cornergas?lang=en


I cant get the new animated stuff yet being here in the States. Brent Butt is the creator, he makes me laugh. The show is silly, almost dumb, but sometimes I need that.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
7. That's why I don't serve on juries!
Thu May 24, 2018, 12:49 PM
May 2018

I have no idea what most people mean!

And I lost my sense of humor back sometime in November 2016.

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
9. Trump is probably more fearful of the press
Thu May 24, 2018, 12:53 PM
May 2018

than Kim - Kim has never had to deal with a free press.

Vinca

(50,170 posts)
10. It didn't help that he thanked him profusely for releasing the hostages.
Thu May 24, 2018, 12:55 PM
May 2018

Now Kim has an incentive to take more! Trump is not just a fool, he's a dangerous fool.

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