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North Korean officials skipped out on a planned meeting with U.S. officials to discuss the return of remains belonging to American soldiers killed in the Korean
War, CNN reported Thursday. The meeting was scheduled to be held in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, but North Korean officials simply never showed up.
According to a senior U.S. official who spoke with CNN, the North Koreans gave no explanation for their absence.
The snub comes weeks after President Trump bragged at a rally in Duluth, Minnesota that North Korea had already returned the remains of at least 200 U.S. soldiers, and was planning to return more.
“We got back our great fallen heroes, the remains,” he said, declaring his diplomatic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 a victory. “In fact, today already 200 have been sent back.”
https://thinkprogress.org/north-kor...eeks-after-trump-bragged-it-did-300d61b2ff2b/
In an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier that aired on Wednesday, Trump made an unusual claim about his request that the remains of those soldiers be returned, if possible.
“One of the things that, really, I’m happy, is that the soldiers that died in Korea, their remains are going to be coming back home,” Trump told Baier. “And we have thousands of people that have asked for that. Thousands and thousands of people. So many people asked for that, when I was on the campaign. I’d say, ‘Wait a minute, I don’t have any relationship.’ But they said, ‘When you can, President, we’d love our son to be brought back home,’ you know, the remains.”
Assuming that the average age of the mothers of service members born in 1934 was between 20 and 29, then, gives us a birth year of 1905 to 1914. Putting them during the 2016 election at between 102 and 111 years old.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...triate-their-children/?utm_term=.cec29f33ec8c
War, CNN reported Thursday. The meeting was scheduled to be held in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, but North Korean officials simply never showed up.
According to a senior U.S. official who spoke with CNN, the North Koreans gave no explanation for their absence.
The snub comes weeks after President Trump bragged at a rally in Duluth, Minnesota that North Korea had already returned the remains of at least 200 U.S. soldiers, and was planning to return more.
“We got back our great fallen heroes, the remains,” he said, declaring his diplomatic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 a victory. “In fact, today already 200 have been sent back.”
https://thinkprogress.org/north-kor...eeks-after-trump-bragged-it-did-300d61b2ff2b/
In an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier that aired on Wednesday, Trump made an unusual claim about his request that the remains of those soldiers be returned, if possible.
“One of the things that, really, I’m happy, is that the soldiers that died in Korea, their remains are going to be coming back home,” Trump told Baier. “And we have thousands of people that have asked for that. Thousands and thousands of people. So many people asked for that, when I was on the campaign. I’d say, ‘Wait a minute, I don’t have any relationship.’ But they said, ‘When you can, President, we’d love our son to be brought back home,’ you know, the remains.”
Assuming that the average age of the mothers of service members born in 1934 was between 20 and 29, then, gives us a birth year of 1905 to 1914. Putting them during the 2016 election at between 102 and 111 years old.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...triate-their-children/?utm_term=.cec29f33ec8c
Trump seems to have that habit sometimes exhibited by young children that they will tell a little self-serving lie, and then realize that to make it believable they have to raise the stakes a bit, and then so on and so on until it just becomes a comedy.
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Some of believe the Trump narrative and some of us see what actually has happened and prefer to believe that (reality). What a despicable thing to lie about, remains in the way and that he talked to Korean War MIAs parents. Not only the worst person to ever hold the office, but just an overall horrible person.
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How's that little man?
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So nothing eh, just wishful thinking on your part? Dream on little man dream on.
Satellite images show North Korea has begun dismantling key test site
By Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated 7:28 PM ET, Mon July 23, 2018
Washington (CNN)New images published Monday by the prominent monitoring group 38 North indicate North Korea has begun dismantling key facilities at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station -- a move analysts say represents "an important first step towards fulfilling a commitment" made by Kim Jong Un during his summit with President Donald Trump in Singapore.
An analysis of the commercial satellite imagery captured between July 20 and July 22 shows that North Korea has started disassembling parts of its main satellite launch station -- a site that is believed to have played an important role in the development of Pyongyang's intercontinental ballistic missile program.
"Since these facilities are believed to have played an important role in the development of technologies for the North's intercontinental ballistic missile program, these efforts represent a significant confidence-building measure on the part of North Korea," according to 38 North's Joseph Bermudez Jr.
"Most notably, these include the rail-mounted processing building -- where space launch vehicles are assembled before moving them to the launchpad -- and the nearby rocket engine test stand used to develop liquid-fuel engines for ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles."
Both Trump and his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, have been urging patience since the President held a historic summit with Kim in Singapore last month but the President has privately expressed frustration over the perceived lack of progress in talks, a US official told CNN.
entire article:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/23/politics/north-korea-satellite-images-38-north-sohae/index.html
Satellite images show North Korea has begun dismantling key test site
By Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated 7:28 PM ET, Mon July 23, 2018
Washington (CNN)New images published Monday by the prominent monitoring group 38 North indicate North Korea has begun dismantling key facilities at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station -- a move analysts say represents "an important first step towards fulfilling a commitment" made by Kim Jong Un during his summit with President Donald Trump in Singapore.
An analysis of the commercial satellite imagery captured between July 20 and July 22 shows that North Korea has started disassembling parts of its main satellite launch station -- a site that is believed to have played an important role in the development of Pyongyang's intercontinental ballistic missile program.
"Since these facilities are believed to have played an important role in the development of technologies for the North's intercontinental ballistic missile program, these efforts represent a significant confidence-building measure on the part of North Korea," according to 38 North's Joseph Bermudez Jr.
"Most notably, these include the rail-mounted processing building -- where space launch vehicles are assembled before moving them to the launchpad -- and the nearby rocket engine test stand used to develop liquid-fuel engines for ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles."
Both Trump and his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, have been urging patience since the President held a historic summit with Kim in Singapore last month but the President has privately expressed frustration over the perceived lack of progress in talks, a US official told CNN.
entire article:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/23/politics/north-korea-satellite-images-38-north-sohae/index.html
Right, but we sort of already knew they had over used their test facilities already? Here's a story from April saying they were going to have to take their nuclear program offline for a while.
Still at this point, I do give Trump credit for taking a situation that seemed impossible and put it on a new track. But where does Trump see this going? Are we still talking de-nuking the entire Korean peninsula? What does NK have to do to end sanctions? A lot of unanswered questions. Guess this is the curse of being the President, where solving problems just creates new even more impossible problems for you. But T knew this was the job...
North Korea nuclear test site has collapsed and may be out of action – China study
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...test-site-collapse-may-be-out-of-action-china
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Thu 26 Apr 2018 02.09 EDT
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But he was so sure about this one. Now it turns out they are simply cleaning up already damaged facilities. Sounds like the test site that had already caved in that they decommissioned and made a todo about. Rats!
Kim played t like a balloon clown plays a kindergarten class.
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Trump should be centured, then put on a long time out.
I love the smell of napalmed lion fur in the morning. Smells like victory.
Good Grief....how tall are you 5'5" or something....you have vertical jealousy issues.
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Your issues with being vertically challenged (mentally, if not physically) are all yours hombrecito.
Patience grasshopper....
I just report what CNN is broadcasting...
CNN reported it ...you telling me it's fake news?
What you smell is not napalm, perhaps it's just more bull shit from CNN.
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How many times did you "report" it?
That's funny ....." Little Man " in Spanish.
Now your acting like a little bitch with issues.....