Trump and Kim sign historic agreement

. He said he would halt US military exercises in South Korea, something widely seen as a concession

Given they've got ~30,000 personnel permanently based there that'll be an interesting one to work out.

Well I think he is just referring to the war games that are played out in the Korean Peninsula, I doubt he'll withdraw all the troops from an allied country. Maybe just tone down on the military demonstrations.

So basically, unless there's some announcement from North Korea over the next few days about some concession on their end (which there could be, but I expect it'll be minor), Trump has given away even more without getting anything concrete in return.

I mean, personally I'm happy with any outcome that avoids war, but from an American interests perspective, Trump is getting badly played here.

Obviously hard to know if Kim promised anything in the 1-on-1 meeting, but if he's smart he won't overplay his hand now. He'll drop a few small tokens over the course of the rest of Trump's presidency (maybe sign the CTBT, for instance), and then start dragging his feet as soon as someone else is in the White House.

Well they destroyed their nuclear missile test site without anything in return

so far so if anything it's North Korea who have given concessions, not America.

I'm surprised he would even consider that because a few months ago he said U.S troops withdrawing from Japan / South Korea is out of the question... Although this is Trump we're talking about and it's not unlike him to change his mind on a whim.

It feels pretty strange seeing Trump meet, shake hands and exchange smiles with Kim, who let's not forget is probably the worst humans rights abusers in recent history. I hope Trump doesn't get too cosy with him as this will give off the impression of acceptance of Kim as a respected leader in my opinion.

I seriously doubt North korea will give up theirs nukes and it doesn’t favour them to.This is a guy who tore up the Iran nuclear deal,so why should Kim trust Trump to keep any promises when he tears them up at will ?
Kim is the winner,by looking at the announcement.America stops vital military exercises in return for a vaguely worded denuclearisation promise from north korea that will probably never happen.

Have you got a better idea?

Of course, we can disrespect Kim, and keep the status quo for another
50 years.
Or attack them and make everyone on the peninsula slaughtered.

Well in all fairness it wasn't Trump who made that agreement with Iran, the last thing Trump would want to do is go back on his own agreement because it makes him look like a bad negotiator, you know how he is always bragging about being the best deal maker.



I'm just saying I hope Trump doesn't get too cosy as this is still a tyrant human rights abuser we're dealing with.

They got a summit with the US President in return. Kim's family have wanted that for 70 years.

Also, the test site destruction is barely a concession for three reasons:
i) They could reconstruct it if they really wanted to (which they probably don't, but still).
ii) They have other test sites.
iii) Most importantly, they don't really need to do any more tests. They've got the nukes they want. Six tests was enough for India and Pakistan to be confident of their nuclear capabilities, it'll likely be enough for North Korea too.



Trump conceded the summit itself, something Kim was desperate for. Now he's conceded the war games, and he's indicated he's willing to give up USFK too. He's giving stuff away all over the place.




True, but it does generally fit with Trump's whole "America First" worldview. I don't think it'll be hard to convince him to go ahead with a withdrawal.

And sure, he changes his mind, but he's built this up into a big deal. I'm not sure he'll want to admit that his big foreign policy "win" was actually a big failure where he duped. This isn't like the G7 statement, which he was already reluctant to sign before his renunciation of it.

Donald Trump's 'Historic' Meeting With Kim Jong Un 'Seems To Have Yielded Nothing'

Agreements are meant to be kept ,regardless of the administration.
You look at the results of this agreement .Does it look like a good deal to you ?
Who do you think. benefits more from this ?

It's been fun to see the Trumpophobes looking for whatever scraps they can gather, from ABC's 'how can you talk to such a horrible man' to the 'suspending the military exercises is going to endanger the region' type of desperate nonsense. Still smarting from the high of the 'cancellation' and hopes that nothing whatsoever would come of any talks, they are all still wishing for nothing to happen in case Trump gets some credit for it.