Trump and Kim of North Korea have had a love hate relationship for a coupe of years…..at first Trump talked tough (his usual BS) and then after the exchange of niceties he “fell in love” with Kim (his words not mine)……

After a success then there was a mis-start and then the cooling of the budding relationship….but now Kim has done all he can to break any ties that he has with Trump……

North Korea took a diplomatic shot at President Trump on Monday while rejecting the idea of another meeting. After a Trump tweet suggested the two sides would again get together—”see you soon!” he wrote—a diplomat from North Korea said thanks, but no thanks. The North, he said, isn’t interested in a meeting that results only in bragging points for Trump. “The US only seeks to earn time, pretending it has made progress in settling the issue of the Korean Peninsula,” said diplomat Kim Kye Gwan, per the AP. “As we have got nothing in return, we will no longer gift the US president with something he can boast of.”

The response came after the two sides found some common ground in dissing Joe Biden, notes the Wall Street Journal. After the North likened Biden to a “rabid dog,” Trump responded with a backhanded compliment. “Mr. Chairman, Joe Biden may be Sleepy and Very Slow, but he is not a ‘rabid dog,'” Trump wrote. “He is actually somewhat better than that, but I am the only one who can get you where you have to be. You should act quickly, get the deal done. See you soon!” His reference to “the deal” is about the stalled nuclear talks between the two nations.

The lack of the US giving North Korea anything in return is a big reason why talks haven’t made progress in some time. The US has expressed a willingness for more talks, but has shown no sign they’ll let North Korea get sanctions relief or anything in return.

Though there had been some talk of another summit in December, North Korea seems to be backing away from that unless the US commits to taking a different approach from the previous meetings, which were largely done with an eye toward global media praise.

Looks like the “bromance” has run its course and now we will return to the tough talk and threats……

No way to run a foreign policy.

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