Yup, Trump STILL GOT PLAYED. Summit happened and NK still hasn't agreed to concrete steps to denuke.

That is the issue with a lunatic executive. The Founders really never thought the country would have to deal with something like Trump, because of the checks and balances in place so that the Congress would have the ability to get rid of a lunatic President. The problem is that Republicans do not care about the functioning of government, they prefer it to look bad and fail - it supports their corporate libertarian agenda ( read "The Wrecking Crew" by Thomas Frank ) Both House and Senate need to be disastrously corrupt to allow someone like Trump to take office and once he does it is not that difficult to throw a monkey-wrench into the works.

No the republicans wanted to nominate him in hopes he’d win and could lord it over everyone the next 4 years.

Only thing he'd win is a free entry to prison. His days are numbered

LOLOLOLOL!

This is what you said:

"This statement from NK is more about managing expectations and reassuring hardliners/doubters in that country."

I said it before and I'll say it again, there are NO HARDLINERS and DOUBTERS whose EXPECTATIONS NEED MANAGING in North Korea because anyone that fits that description is executed you IMBECILIC FUCK. That's what his housecleaning rampages are for. He doesn't do it by parsing words in the international arena. You're such a hilarious idiot.

Plus you just exude ignorance about HISTORY, specifically about the HISTORY OF THIS REGIME. This is the game they ALWAYS PLAY. They did it with Bush, Obama, and NOW Trump. They make promises and back out. The only difference is how Trump set himself up to eat shit by so publicly patting himself on the back and his inability to moderate public expectations you DUMB LITTLE MAN!

God you must really enjoy being abused for your stupidity. You've really grown into your role as my personal whipping post.

but somehow Trump is the one who's getting "played"?

Actually it is pretty simple. Bolton started spewing off about the Libyan disarmament model and Kim got cold feet in memory of the fate of the Libyan leader who gave up his nukes.

Your idea he reversed course because he feared insurrection is just another figment in your long line of absurd fantasies.

Maintaining the loyalty of the military is particularly important,

Trumps apparently too good to worry about anything he ever says let alone dicate what his staff will say.

Horseshit! The guy before Bolton "spoke on his own." Bolton's mouth moves, yes, but, he's sittin' on the old man's knee and Trump has his hand right up Bolton's back, but, it's Trump throwin' his voice, you can bet your bottom dollar on that, 32.

Ok, I'm reading the headline like you suggested. It says:

"Yup, Trump got played. NK now says it will never give up nuclear program in exchange for economic trade with US."

You understand right, that a prediction is a guess on events that will happen in the future. You do it constantly and I call you out for getting it wrong.

What I did was relay a fact that had just happened. North Korea at that time had said they would never give up their nuclear program.

So again, where did I predict anything?

OMG, I just realized something. So let me get this straight, you've been so upset after all the times I've called you out for your formulaic bogus predictions and pushing fake news that you were obsessing on trying to find at least one time where you could credibly claim I was wrong.

So you dug this up from a month ago and wrote all that in what you THOUGHT was your moment of triumph but STILL TURNED OUT TO BE WRONG!?! ROTFLMFAO!!!

Wahaha! You are just HAPLESS!

I don't know whether to be amused or just look at you as an object of pity.

You are so sad. Even when you're so convinced you're right, you're too inept to know you're not. Maybe I should ease up on you a bit because I'm clearly getting to you. :(*

If the libd let's go of hate, they'll have nothing left. They certainly don't have practical ideas, and we know facts scare the shit out of them. Let them cry their way to a second term for Trump. It's all they've got,so they can do it even longer.