Posted on 12/15/2017 12:19:47 PM PST by conservative98
WASHINGTON — America’s top diplomat stepped back Friday from his offer of unconditional talks with North Korea, telling world powers the nuclear-armed nation must earn the right to negotiate with the United States.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s declaration before the U.N. Security Council marked a stunning reversal after he proposed discussions with Pyongyang without preconditions earlier this week. That overture was almost immediately rebutted by White House officials.
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Tillerson needs to go.
Mixed messages are bad
Seems nuts.
Could Trump be playing Rope-a-Dope with the Juche-fruit?
Get his hopes up, then smack him down?
Maybe.
“Proposed”
We only know part of the story.
Rocket Man has always opted for a meeting with the USA and the USA ALONE....without the other 5 parties involved in negotiations.
Kim must have gone nuts when he heard of the possibility.
I've heard that Tillerson has to stay a year to avoid having to pay an extremely high capital gains tax on investments he was required to sell when he took the job. It's not worth $50 million for him to quit and maybe he would have a legal case if he was fired. His year will be up on February 1.
Yeah, the US has refused one on one negotiations for more than fifty years. To have it fall into NK’s lap freely made no sense at all.
Sometimes things are just for the reaction.
Yes. “It’s not what you say,
but what they assume that counts.”
One on one talks with North Korea is insane. Tillerson must have gotten a call from the Donald.
Good job, Mr. Tillerson!
I do the same thing with my dogs when they misbehave. Offer them a nice juicy bone then pull it away a little later. (Shows them who is in charge).
Mark Levin was a devout #NeverTrump type - how'd that work for him? Might as well ask if he'll eat his words about Tillerson too.....
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