This just came in – North Korean totalitarian dictator Kim Jong Un will shake hands with President Donald Trump, just as he requested on Twitter.
President Moon has just confirmed that Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un will shake hands at the border
— Laura Bicker (@BBCLBicker) June 30, 2019
MOON: “peace takes more courage than conflict. I am thankful to two courageous leaders.”
So it’s on folks. Keep watching on @BBCWorld and listen on @bbcworldservice
— Laura Bicker (@BBCLBicker) June 30, 2019
Pretty incredible. It will definitely be a momentous and historic event. But if it doesn’t produce anything of substance, what does it matter? It will just be a nice photo op.
Here’s the tweet that started it all:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1144740178948493314Not quite a “tear down this wall,” but I guess it’s something.
UPDATE: Not to toot my own horn, but I predicted that dictator Kim would take him up on the offer. Here’s what I said in the original post:
It’ll be interesting to see if Kim takes him up on it. I would guess he will. He’s all about making meaningless gestures in order to garner substantive concessions, and this would be a YUGE but meaningless gesture.
Some are already proclaiming “peace in our times,” but perhaps we should wait and see what this actually produces, right? Toot toot!
UPDATE: It happened.
https://twitter.com/RealJack/status/1145321269388333056He keeps making so many yuge steps towards peace!!! I’m sick of the steps, Mr. President!!