NKorea says it tested new weapon, wants Pompeo out of talks

[transporter]

Our President who claims to be:

1. The world's greatest negotiator
2. The ONLY living entity in the universe than can solve any and all problems
3. bestest buddies with Kim Jong Un...

..yet

NKorea says it tested new weapon, wants Pompeo out of talks

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday that it had test-fired a new type of “tactical guided weapon,” its first such test in nearly half a year, and demanded that Washington remove Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from nuclear negotiations.

The test, which didn’t appear to be of a banned mid- or long-range ballistic missile that could scuttle negotiations, allows Pyongyang to show its people it is pushing ahead with weapons development while also reassuring domestic military officials worried that diplomacy with Washington signals weakness.

Separately, Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry accused Pompeo of playing down the significance of comments by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who said last week that Washington has until the end of the year to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy. Both the demand for Pompeo’s removal from the talks and the weapon test point to Pyongyang’s displeasure with the deadlocked negotiations.

Gee maybe our Great Negotiator shouldn't have walked out on Un in Vietnam and took his marbles home? You would think a Great Negotiator would understand how risky and likely to backfire that play is?

 

[TCROW]

This is the same exact playbook DPRK has been using for 25 years or more. They would do this during the Six Party Talks, they always do it when they want to assert themselves as a sovereign. It’s nothing new.

 

[glhs837]

How do you know when you are pushying them enough? When they push back. And you get two choices. Dig in and stand strong, or cave. We've been caving for a long damn time, lets try this new thing where we tell them to screw off.