Trump's North Korean big gamble ?

Donald Trump has an extraordinary
opportunity to change
decades long policy on
North Korea , BUT will it
Happen?

Things can only get stranger for the Trump Administration . While sitting on edge of the possibility of a new war with North Korea , the exchange of threats , tweets and  ‘They will be met with fire and fury’ and the laughing out loud " Rocket man" at the UN speech . (1)>>North Korea turned around and pulled a fast one on the Trump administration , what happened even has the Secretary of the State in confusion . AS it appears , North Korean leader is vary smart , we underestimated him . North Korean leader Kim Jong Un extended an invitation to meet with Trump, which the President quickly accepted. I think it's no coincidence ,something is going on. Trump’s left-field play isn’t surprising when you consider he sees himself as a rule-breaking, deal-making, history-shaker who alone can achieve what the establishment figures who underestimate him cannot: a Nixon-goes-to-China breakthrough. It’s also TV ratings gold: a headline-grabbing distraction from the Mueller investigation that keeps Stormy Daniels in a teacup. North Korea has reportedly agreed to halt nuclear and missile testing and has not demanded that the US and South Korea stop their joint military exercises.  Summoned to the Oval Office on the spur of the moment, the South Korean envoy found himself face to face with President Trump one afternoon last week at what he thought might be a hinge moment in history. Chung Eui-yong had come to the White House bearing an invitation. But he opened with flattery, which diplomats have discovered is a key to approaching the volatile American leader. “We could come this far thanks to a great degree to President Trump,” Mr. Chung said. “We highly appreciate this fact.” Extraordinary because few thought this

realistically could happen. Trump has said in the past that he would be open to meeting with Kim, but on Tuesday, when asked about the possibility, he was noncommittal. "We're going to see what happens," he said.The surprise nature of the announcement gave the impression of an ad hoc gambit rather than a careful, well-thought-out approach to dealing with an unpredictable nuclear regime.Trump’s decision to meet with Kim stunned everyone involved, according to a report from Peter Baker and Choe Sang-Hun at the New York Times. He accepted Kim’s invitation from a South Korean envoy on the spot, brushing aside warnings from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and National Security Adviser HR McMaster that he proceed with caution. He kept Secretary of State Rex Tillerson out of the loop. Trump's aides have been wary of North Korea's diplomatic overtures because of its history of reneging on international commitments and the failure of efforts on disarmament by the administrations of President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama. Previous attempts by the North to get such a meeting have been dismissed out of hand. Now, with the North in possession of a nuclear arsenal, agreeing to such a summit represents a moment of great peril for Trump and his team.For the North, it’s both a reward and a chance to secure international legitimacy – something the US has previously fiercely blocked. “Right now, [Kim Jong-un] is setting the agenda and the pace, and the Trump admin is reacting. The admin needs to move quickly to change this dynamic,” Suzanne DiMaggio, a senior fellow at the New America think tank, wrote on Twitter. “This appeals to Donald Trump’s ego,” adds Coleman. “He wants to be seen as the person behind this, which of course he’s not.”

NOTES AND COMMENTS:
(1)>>North Korea turned around and pulled a fast one on the Trump..Recognizing that Kim is dictating terms to Trump is not defending Kim, genius. It is an observation that anybody with at least half a brain can see. When Trump vacates the Oval Office, we do not get to pretend he was never there...just like we could not do when GWB left office.  President Trump has yet again done something no other president has done and scheduled a diplomatic meeting to broker some kind of peace deal. This president is going to go down in history with amazing accomplishments. And yes, some failures.