slugsrbad wrote:

Rockinghorse wrote:It's just a photo/video opp. Both will go home and claim they got exactly what they wanted, and neither will take any meaningful actions afterwards. The general public will eventually forget about the whole episode rather than realizing it was a sham. Good politics on both sides, gotta admit

Legitimizing the North Korean Dictator without getting anything in return is not good politics, and hopefully something that will be remembered.

Trump can try and lower expectations as much as he wants, but just by showing up to meet Kim Jong-un he's giving up a lot.

JUburton wrote:Reports that KJU might leave as early as 2PM. It's very obvious the summit is just a photo op for him and we gain nothing. Art of the deal!

pacino wrote:Today might be Janus vs AFSCME day

pacino wrote:

JUburton wrote:Reports that KJU might leave as early as 2PM. It's very obvious the summit is just a photo op for him and we gain nothing. Art of the deal!

Lmao

pacino wrote:Supreme Court upheld a voter registration purge in Ohio 5-4

slugsrbad wrote:Final (?) nail in the coffin of this being a serious event - US will not discuss human rights at summit.

Pruitt instructed EPA employees to use a “first in, first out” FOIA policy, in which no Trump administration requests would be considered until Obama administration ones are completed.

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Ryan Jackson, Pruitt’s chief of staff, instructed FOIA staffers to submit all documents involving Pruitt to himself and other aides before release.

thephan wrote:

pacino wrote:

JUburton wrote:Reports that KJU might leave as early as 2PM. It's very obvious the summit is just a photo op for him and we gain nothing. Art of the deal!

Lmao

Well, within the first minute Don will know. Sadly, we always knew... in our guts... but really in our minds.

Fox News host Steve Hilton on Sunday sharply criticized Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a segment calling out Ross for conflicts of interest with his investments.

Hilton pointed out on his show "The Next Revolution" that Ross co-founded a shipping firm, Nautical Bulk Holdings, that ships steel from South Korea, which is one of the countries that has received an exemption from President Trump’s steel tariffs.

Ross is currently involved in tariff negotiations.

“He’s negotiating over South Korean steel imports while making money from importing South Korean steel,” Hilton said.

Hilton also noted that Ross's chief of staff at the Commerce Department is listed as a director of a business associated with Nautical Bulk Holdings, despite having said last year that she resigned from the company.

thephan wrote:Color me confused... KJU & DJT are set to meet shortly? Singapore is +12 hours ahead for EDT, so that "2PM meeting" time is 2PM EDT, better known as 2AM June 12 in Singapore... I always assumed it was Singapore local time.