This just came in – North Korean totalitarian dictator Kim Jong Un will shake hands with President Donald Trump, just as he requested on Twitter.
President Moon has just confirmed that Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un will shake hands at the border
— Laura Bicker (@BBCLBicker) June 30, 2019
MOON: “peace takes more courage than conflict. I am thankful to two courageous leaders.”
So it’s on folks. Keep watching on @BBCWorld and listen on @bbcworldservice
— Laura Bicker (@BBCLBicker) June 30, 2019
Pretty incredible. It will definitely be a momentous and historic event. But if it doesn’t produce anything of substance, what does it matter? It will just be a nice photo op.
Here’s the tweet that started it all:
After some very important meetings, including my meeting with President Xi of China, I will be leaving Japan for South Korea (with President Moon). While there, if Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2019
Not quite a “tear down this wall,” but I guess it’s something.
UPDATE: Not to toot my own horn, but I predicted that dictator Kim would take him up on the offer. Here’s what I said in the original post:
It’ll be interesting to see if Kim takes him up on it. I would guess he will. He’s all about making meaningless gestures in order to garner substantive concessions, and this would be a YUGE but meaningless gesture.
Some are already proclaiming “peace in our times,” but perhaps we should wait and see what this actually produces, right?
UPDATE: It happened.
Another huge step toward making the world a safer place. Thank you President Trump.
— Jack Murphy (@RealJack) June 30, 2019
Via TRS
