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北韓耍這招害「川金會」破局 川普哀嘆：我是被逼的
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▲據傳北韓單方面「放鳥」美國，大搞失蹤一個禮拜，才讓美方不得已決定放棄舉辦「川金會」。（圖／達志影像／美聯社 , 2018.5.25）
美國總統川普（Donald Trump）在當地時間 24 日拋出震撼彈，宣布取消原將在 6 月 12 日於新加坡舉行的「川金會」，而取消的理由如今曝光。根據美國媒體報導，原來竟是北韓「放鳥」美國，大搞失蹤一個禮拜，才讓美方不得已決定放棄舉辦。
綜合美國媒體報導，有白宮資深官員向媒體透露，上周美國原訂要和北韓約在新加坡會面，一同商討「川金會」的細節，不料時間到了，北韓官員卻沒有出現，「他們放我們鴿子！」而北韓在消失一周之後，又突然出現發表抨擊美國副總統潘斯（Mike Pence）的言論，讓美方感到十分傻眼。
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▲川普對於「川金會」取消大感無奈，表示自己是「被逼的！」（圖／達志影像／美聯社 , 2018.5.25）" data-reactid="49">
▲川普對於「川金會」取消大感無奈，表示自己是「被逼的！」（圖／達志影像／美聯社 , 2018.5.25）
川普也在「川金會」確定不辦的消息曝光後，於推特上簡短地哀嘆道：「真悲哀！我是被迫取消和金正恩的會面！」
川普並公開貼出了一封寫給北韓的公開信，信中寫道，原本美方對於要與北韓領導人金正恩會面，感到十分地期待，不過近日北韓卻表現出帶有敵意的姿態，讓美方認為，此時此刻會面並非一個適當的時機。
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/25/north-korea-suummit-donald-trump-white-house
The North Korea summit farce makes it clear again: Trump is political Ebola
Simon Tisdall
How much longer can the world tolerate having this dangerous narcissist in the White House?
Fri 25 May 2018 12.52 BST Last modified on Fri 25 May 2018 14.13 BST
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A protester wearing a Trump mask depicting kneels between cardboard cutouts of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in during a rally calling for more dialogue between the three leaders, outside the US embassy in Seoul yesterday. Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty
This is where hubris and arrogance lead. By indefinitely postponing his summit with Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, in a fit of petulance and political cowardice, Donald Trump has squandered a golden opportunity for peace on the Korean peninsula, plunged the Asia-Pacific region into a period of renewed uncertainty, blindsided America’s allies, and resurrected the dread prospect of nuclear war.
All may not yet be lost. But that’s no thanks to Trump. The author of The Art of the Deal thought he alone could pull off what had eluded successive US presidents. He prematurely hailed Kim’s decision to free three American citizens as a major breakthrough. He basked in utterly ludicrous talk, notably from Boris Johnson, of a Nobel peace prize. When Kim made clear “denuclearisation” did not mean what Trump thought it meant, he meekly offered more concessions.
In short, Trump messed up. He rashly promised more than he could deliver. Then, when Kim balked at unrealistic US demands, he got cold feet. North Korea’s measured response offers some hope. The American decision was regrettable, it said. But the North remained open to talks with the US at any time. Trump should study this statement to see how the diplomatic game works. It cast the White House in the troublemaker role usually reserved for Pyongyang. It grabbed the moral high ground before a watching world. And it reiterated the North’s longstanding aim: to establish direct, bilateral communication with the US, bypassing the stalled multilateral talks process.
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Attempts to make the best of a bad job cannot hide the possibility that a rare chance to bring North Korea in from the cold may have been permanently missed. Most worrying is the effect of this epic snub on Kim and his apparently genuine efforts to improve relations with the west. Sceptical North Korean generals will say ‘“We told you so”, and push for more, and bigger, nukes and missiles. Kim’s own position could be in jeopardy. His politically and personally risky policy of reform at home and engagement abroad was blown apart by Trump on the very day he voluntarily blew up his nuclear test site.
At risk, too, are Pyongyang’s rapprochement with South Korea and President Moon Jae-in’s exemplary bridge-building. Trump was the undeserving beneficiary of Moon’s efforts, which took flight at the Winter Olympics. That opening may have been blown, thanks also to his national security adviser, John Bolton, his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and other lower-order Team Trump chicken hawks. Moon declared himself “perplexed” – a feeling probably shared in Tokyo. Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, has worked hard and thanklessly to keep Trump on course.
China’s leaders will experience mixed emotions as they survey the smoking ruins. Increased regional instability and resumed US sabre-rattling on their doorstep are not in Beijing’s interest. Nor will China welcome further, alarming evidence of Trump’s whimsical irrationality. On the other hand, the upset is a timely reminder to Kim about who, when the fog clears, are his only true friends – and the centrality of Beijing to any eventual security deal. China may also be less inclined to observe US-inspired international sanctions. Indeed, a return to the Obama-era policy of maximum economic pressure may no longer be credible. If so, military options will once more gain traction in Washington.
Given Trump’s now familiar mercurial behaviour, it’s possible all this could change tomorrow – even that the summit will be back on again. It depends, apparently, on the president’s mood. And this raises a much bigger question. How much longer can the international community pretend that having a narcissistic amateur running the White House is a tolerable or even manageable state of affairs? Just look at the global wreckage after 18 months of Trump.
A landmark climate change pact trashed. Protectionism, trade wars and divisive border walls on the rise. Hopes of peace in Israel-Palestine, and dozens of Palestinian lives, sacrificed to the presidential ego. A potentially catastrophic dereliction of duty under way in Syria. Continuing appeasement of Russia. And a new Middle East war in the making, after Trump’s unilateral renunciation of the Iran nuclear deal. It is no exaggeration to say US authority and credibility on the world stage are now at stake.
This is not leadership. It is day-by-day, manmade chaos masquerading as policy. It’s not America First. It’s America Foolish. Yet there is no end in sight to the damaging tomfoolery. Trump does not learn from his mistakes. He just makes bigger ones. For Britain, soon to host him, the Korean lesson is clear: this US president, like political Ebola, should carry a health warning wherever he goes. Keep him at arm’s length. For he is weak, cowardly and dangerous – and not, on any account, to be trusted.
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北韓耍這招害「川金會」破局 川普哀嘆：我是被逼的
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▲據傳北韓單方面「放鳥」美國，大搞失蹤一個禮拜，才讓美方不得已決定放棄舉辦「川金會」。（圖／達志影像／美聯社 , 2018.5.25）
美國總統川普（Donald Trump）在當地時間 24 日拋出震撼彈，宣布取消原將在 6 月 12 日於新加坡舉行的「川金會」，而取消的理由如今曝光。根據美國媒體報導，原來竟是北韓「放鳥」美國，大搞失蹤一個禮拜，才讓美方不得已決定放棄舉辦。
綜合美國媒體報導，有白宮資深官員向媒體透露，上周美國原訂要和北韓約在新加坡會面，一同商討「川金會」的細節，不料時間到了，北韓官員卻沒有出現，「他們放我們鴿子！」而北韓在消失一周之後，又突然出現發表抨擊美國副總統潘斯（Mike Pence）的言論，讓美方感到十分傻眼。
檢視相片
▲川普對於「川金會」取消大感無奈，表示自己是「被逼的！」（圖／達志影像／美聯社 , 2018.5.25）" data-reactid="49">
▲川普對於「川金會」取消大感無奈，表示自己是「被逼的！」（圖／達志影像／美聯社 , 2018.5.25）
川普也在「川金會」確定不辦的消息曝光後，於推特上簡短地哀嘆道：「真悲哀！我是被迫取消和金正恩的會面！」
川普並公開貼出了一封寫給北韓的公開信，信中寫道，原本美方對於要與北韓領導人金正恩會面，感到十分地期待，不過近日北韓卻表現出帶有敵意的姿態，讓美方認為，此時此刻會面並非一個適當的時機。
更多 NOWnews 今日新聞報導
暗指習近平「從中作梗」 川普：川金會可能延期
川金會突喊卡" data-reactid="55"> 川金會突喊卡
北朝鮮釋善意：隨時與美談
不滿川金會破局 南韓民上街譴責川普
北韓變臉 川金會告吹的啟示
破局有跡可循 專家憂美國角色已受限
【全台健康大調查】現代職場症頭Top10？
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/25/north-korea-suummit-donald-trump-white-house
The North Korea summit farce makes it clear again: Trump is political Ebola
Simon Tisdall
How much longer can the world tolerate having this dangerous narcissist in the White House?
Fri 25 May 2018 12.52 BST Last modified on Fri 25 May 2018 14.13 BST
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A protester wearing a Trump mask depicting kneels between cardboard cutouts of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in during a rally calling for more dialogue between the three leaders, outside the US embassy in Seoul yesterday. Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty
This is where hubris and arrogance lead. By indefinitely postponing his summit with Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, in a fit of petulance and political cowardice, Donald Trump has squandered a golden opportunity for peace on the Korean peninsula, plunged the Asia-Pacific region into a period of renewed uncertainty, blindsided America’s allies, and resurrected the dread prospect of nuclear war.
All may not yet be lost. But that’s no thanks to Trump. The author of The Art of the Deal thought he alone could pull off what had eluded successive US presidents. He prematurely hailed Kim’s decision to free three American citizens as a major breakthrough. He basked in utterly ludicrous talk, notably from Boris Johnson, of a Nobel peace prize. When Kim made clear “denuclearisation” did not mean what Trump thought it meant, he meekly offered more concessions.
In short, Trump messed up. He rashly promised more than he could deliver. Then, when Kim balked at unrealistic US demands, he got cold feet. North Korea’s measured response offers some hope. The American decision was regrettable, it said. But the North remained open to talks with the US at any time. Trump should study this statement to see how the diplomatic game works. It cast the White House in the troublemaker role usually reserved for Pyongyang. It grabbed the moral high ground before a watching world. And it reiterated the North’s longstanding aim: to establish direct, bilateral communication with the US, bypassing the stalled multilateral talks process.
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Attempts to make the best of a bad job cannot hide the possibility that a rare chance to bring North Korea in from the cold may have been permanently missed. Most worrying is the effect of this epic snub on Kim and his apparently genuine efforts to improve relations with the west. Sceptical North Korean generals will say ‘“We told you so”, and push for more, and bigger, nukes and missiles. Kim’s own position could be in jeopardy. His politically and personally risky policy of reform at home and engagement abroad was blown apart by Trump on the very day he voluntarily blew up his nuclear test site.
At risk, too, are Pyongyang’s rapprochement with South Korea and President Moon Jae-in’s exemplary bridge-building. Trump was the undeserving beneficiary of Moon’s efforts, which took flight at the Winter Olympics. That opening may have been blown, thanks also to his national security adviser, John Bolton, his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and other lower-order Team Trump chicken hawks. Moon declared himself “perplexed” – a feeling probably shared in Tokyo. Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, has worked hard and thanklessly to keep Trump on course.
China’s leaders will experience mixed emotions as they survey the smoking ruins. Increased regional instability and resumed US sabre-rattling on their doorstep are not in Beijing’s interest. Nor will China welcome further, alarming evidence of Trump’s whimsical irrationality. On the other hand, the upset is a timely reminder to Kim about who, when the fog clears, are his only true friends – and the centrality of Beijing to any eventual security deal. China may also be less inclined to observe US-inspired international sanctions. Indeed, a return to the Obama-era policy of maximum economic pressure may no longer be credible. If so, military options will once more gain traction in Washington.
Given Trump’s now familiar mercurial behaviour, it’s possible all this could change tomorrow – even that the summit will be back on again. It depends, apparently, on the president’s mood. And this raises a much bigger question. How much longer can the international community pretend that having a narcissistic amateur running the White House is a tolerable or even manageable state of affairs? Just look at the global wreckage after 18 months of Trump.
A landmark climate change pact trashed. Protectionism, trade wars and divisive border walls on the rise. Hopes of peace in Israel-Palestine, and dozens of Palestinian lives, sacrificed to the presidential ego. A potentially catastrophic dereliction of duty under way in Syria. Continuing appeasement of Russia. And a new Middle East war in the making, after Trump’s unilateral renunciation of the Iran nuclear deal. It is no exaggeration to say US authority and credibility on the world stage are now at stake.
This is not leadership. It is day-by-day, manmade chaos masquerading as policy. It’s not America First. It’s America Foolish. Yet there is no end in sight to the damaging tomfoolery. Trump does not learn from his mistakes. He just makes bigger ones. For Britain, soon to host him, the Korean lesson is clear: this US president, like political Ebola, should carry a health warning wherever he goes. Keep him at arm’s length. For he is weak, cowardly and dangerous – and not, on any account, to be trusted.
Since you’re here …
… we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too.
I appreciate there not being a paywall: it is more democratic for the media to be available for all and not a commodity to be purchased by a few. I’m happy to make a contribution so others with less means still have access to information. Thomasine, Sweden
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