Trump actually tells NK Biden isn't a "rabid dog," but advises them to make a deal with him NOW

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

Mr. Chairman, Joe Biden may be Sleepy and Very Slow, but he is not a “rabid dog.” He is actually somewhat better than that, but I am the only one who can get you where you have to be. You should act quickly, get the deal done. See you soon!

Do you think it occurred to Trump that he's telling NK to make a deal now since Biden might be elected president next year?

[Nitram]

1. yes

[Thekaspervote]

2. Last line... yes agree... he's always sending "code" that's what the adults do...right??!!

[MaryMagdaline]

3. He's conceding defeat already to Biden

[rickford66]

5. Not really.

Another Trump "deal" tactic.

[mr_lebowski]

4. Another for the "Imagine if Obama Had" archives ...

Unfuckingbelievable ... what a traitorous pig.

[soryang]

6. "you should act quickly to get the deal done"

This aspect of the year end maneuvering was discussed on VOA Korea's Washington Talk program with Bruce Klingner and Michael O'Hanlon as guests. They went over this issue presented by the tweet.

If Kim doesn't make some concession to Trump and contributes to his ongoing decline thereby, he will have a more hostile US president to deal with (ostensibly) from the North Korean point of view. So his threats of unspecified provocations after the end of the year may hurt Kim's prospects for sanctions relief just as much as they will further damage Trump's image. So both Kim and Trump imagine they have more leverage on each other than they really do.

I think O'Hanlon realizes that the main problem is the "go for broke," or whole bundle approach on the US side v. the step by step approach that is regarded by the phalanxes of hard liners in the US as "appeasement." So the fundamental obstacle or deadlock in the talks never really changes. Klingner is a hardliner who presents himself articulately but never really changes his role as Heritage spokesman for the military industrial complex.

The hardline view is really antithetical to change other than regime change in support of the institutional interests that exist and profit from the status quo of maintaining the Korean conflict indefinitely.