Tgards79 wrote:
Since the summit, "U.S. negotiators have faced stiff resistance from a North Korean team practiced in the art of delay and obfuscation," the WashPost's John Hudson, Josh Dawsey and Carol Leonnig report:
"Diplomats say the North Koreans have canceled follow-up meetings, demanded more money and failed to maintain basic communications."
"[A] missile-engine testing facility that Trump said would be destroyed remains intact, and U.S. intelligence officials say Pyongyang is working to conceal key aspects of its nuclear program."
"The lack of immediate progress, though predicted by many analysts, has frustrated the president, who has fumed at his aides in private even as he publicly hails the success of the negotiations."
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No one really expected anything any different. The reality is that North Korea will do exactly what China tells them to. They are China's client state and would collapse in short order without Chinese support. The only thing that will bring the little fat boy to heel is pressuring China into ordering him. He does not dare displease China as his regime would be lucky to last for 24 hours sans Chinese backing.