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Trump wants denuclearization talks with Russia and China, hopes for defense spending cuts (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As far as I remember, the US interpreted "their end of the deal" differently than NK did.

That's exactly my point: Trump will "negotiate" the same way, will brag about a "deal" in the same way, and nothing will change in the same way, because both sides aren't really interested in substantial change in the same way.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

As far as I remember, the US interpreted “their end of the deal” differently than NK did.

And they will do it again. And again and again and again.

Deals with the US aren't worth the paper they're written on.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Deals with the US aren’t worth the paper they’re written on.

The ethnic cleansing of North America happened one treaty at a time.

https://www.history.com/news/native-american-broken-treaties