Quote Originally Posted by Jimaz View Post
What puzzles me is how quickly the whole thing crashed. Trump said it basically failed because Kim wanted all sanctions lifted. Couldn't they have determined that in a phone call before wasting the trip?
It’s not a puzzle really. To get a solution in any negotiation both sides have to be seen to “win” under difficult conditions. They mutually pre-arranged to “walk away” from this meeting even though the solution has already been made. They started the meeting purely for “political theater”.

The solution will be announced at a meeting circa September 2020. Kim will denuclearize and get a free Trump Tower and the timing will cause our democrats to go apoplectic [[after they’ve worried about it could happen for over a year) and they will have to accuse Trump of colluding with the North Koreans just to stay relevant on CNN et al.