If there ever will be another Trump-Kim meeting, which is unlikely unless Putin prods Kim to do so, it will surely be held in Pyongyang so that Trump has to travel to him. And that will have to take place only after Kim makes his first visit to Moscow.
On November 21, I was a guest, along with Dr. Kim Young-jun, Professor at the National Security College, Korea National Defense University, on Arirang News’ “Within the Frame” public affairs program to discuss North Korea, Russia, and Ukraine after Ukraine’s expanded use of U.S.-made ATACMS missiles. We also discussed Kim Jong Un’s recent speech to KPA battalion commanders in which he expressed fear of a “third world war.” Many thanks to host Kim Mok-yeon for her questions.
Here is the video:
Photo at top: Kim Jong Un attended a military hardware exhibition, Defence Development-2024, in Pyongyang on Nov. 21.
Trump's foreign policy priorities seem to be: Israel, Israel, cause major setback to Iran's nuclear program, end war in Ukraine, toughen up on NATO, raise tariffs on China. And – maybe after ending the Ukraine war – Trump can invite Kim to meet in Guam or Hawaii.🌴
On October 30, I was a guest, along with Dr. Go Myong-hyun, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Strategy, on Arirang News’ “Within the Frame” public affairs program to discuss North Korea and Ukraine. Many thanks to host Kim Mok-yeon for her questions. Here is the video:👇🏻
I was also a guest on Oct. 28 on BeFM radio’s flagship “Morning Wave in Busan” program, interviewed by host Katherine Bang on the same topic. I thank her for allowing a very broad discussion.
Here is the video segment:👇🏻
In both interviews, I tried to convey that, absent an incontestable landslide victory on Election Day for Kamala Harris, Donald Trump will simply declare himself President-elect up-front, well before all votes are counted (which may take days or weeks), asserting he has the emphatic backing of the American people, and he may imply he is the “Acting President” who must now, in effect, run the country because President Biden, allegedly, is no longer capable to (despite the upcoming APEC and G20 summits this month he’s expected to attend).
Trump may then begin to conduct a parallel foreign policy to that of the Biden/Harris administration from Trump Tower or Mar-a-Lago well before the final election outcome is known, with phone calls to Putin, Netanyahu and other world leaders. This possibility will severely test American democracy, in the midst of North Korean troop deployment in the Ukraine war. Trump is increasingly “psychologically preparing Americans for an assault on the electoral system, a second January 6,” even if he knows he’s lost.♦
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