BTRTN: Cohen and Syria, Comey and Korea, Chaos and Hysteria
Trump navigates treacherous global crises and his own legal travails -- alone.
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2018/04/btrtn-cohen-and-syria-comey-and-korea.html
"The second major story is the upcoming summit with Kim Jong-Un, specifically the apparent concession he announced yesterday that North Korea was no longer going to test its nuclear weapons. This, coupled with a drop in North Koreas demands that the U.S. withdraw troops from the DMZ, are being hailed as a major thawing in relations and a win for Donald Trump. Really? To my ears, Kim Jong-Un simply announced that North Korea has achieved full status as a nuclear power. There was no talk of de-nuclearization or abandoning any of his current weapons. The North Korean dictator has played his hand exceptionally well thus far, and I am not buying a U.S. success until we see how this unexpected strategic play unfolds. If you want a history lesson, ask Jimmy Carter, Madelaine Allbright and Bill Clinton how their 1994 breakthrough in North Korea worked out.
So we have a very green President with no expertise and zero capability for thoughtful reflection, backed by
.who? No Secretary of State (and Pompeos Senate approval in some doubt), a brand new National Security Advisor who has quickly fired many incumbent staff but has yet to replace them, a U.N. Ambassador who was summarily Tillersoned, and a new senior economic adviser who has already failed his first attempt to spin news for Trump four very powerful foreign affairs voices all, in their own ways, stumbling onto centerstage in attempting to guide the President forward..."