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Trump 2.0 and North Korea two months in

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(My interview, along with Dr. Goh, this morning ET/evening KT) Navigating North Korea's nuclear defiance and humanitarian crisis | Arirang News http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgzF…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-03-19T12:53:59.964Z

Expert Q&A: U.S. Should Reach Out to North Korea http://www.thecipherbrief.com/column_artic…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-03-19T20:26:27.344Z

The North Korea tourist trap | Lowy Institute http://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-03-19T20:12:57.233Z

North Korean human rights groups affected by Trump’s aid freeze – The Korea Times http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-03-19T10:17:55.676Z

Photo at top: In an undated KCNA photo provided on March 8, Kim Jong Un is shown visiting a shipyard to construct warships at an undisclosed location in North Korea. KCNA also released photos of what it called “a nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine.”

Walesa to Trump: ‘Don’t turn your back on decades of U.S. support for opponents of tyranny’

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ChatGPT translation from Polish to English of Walesa's letter to Trump, co-signed by former Polish political prisoners:

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-03-04T13:59:47.280Z

Photo at top: Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader, who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, in April 2024.

Zelensky must pick between Putin’s military violation of Ukraine and Trump’s economic violation. North Korea is watching.

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The terms of Trump's contract that landed at Zelensky’s office a week ago amount to the US economic colonization of Ukraine, in legal perpetuity. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-17T20:24:14.826Z

Between Trump's plan to displace Palestinians in Gaza and exorbitant demand for compensation from Ukraine, North Korea likely concluded it is better off allied with Russia than with China or the U.S. To the DPRK, they are all imperialists, but it values retaining its sovereignty above all else.

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-17T20:59:42.710Z

Photo at top: Ukraine’s President Zelensky met with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other U.S. officials at the Munich Security Conference, Feb. 14, 2025.

South Korea needs new leader to stand up to the Trump steamroller

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Ruling party chief dismisses speculation Yoon may voluntarily resign before impeachment ruling (which is to really say, "He will resign") en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-17T03:06:57.935Z

Never mind Rubio's meeting with FM Cho this weekend with its pro forma statements. The Trump steamroller is heading for South Korea and it needs a duly-elected ROK leader who has the political foundation to deal with Trump. The sooner Yoon resigns the better for South Korea it will be.

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-17T03:12:52.791Z

Photo at top: Acting as the ceremonial pace car, President Trump took a lap around the Daytona 500 racetrack in his presidential limousine, drawing cheers from NASCAR fans not long after completing a dramatic flyby on Air Force One, Feb. 16, 2025.

For Kim, Trump’s Gaza population displacement plan implies U.S. only seeks his capitulation

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(My interview today where I claim North Korea has every reason to be wary of Trump after his pushing his Gaza population displacement plan) Leaders of U.S. and N. Korea express opposing stances on denuclearization | Arirang News http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu8c…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-12T12:33:42.303Z

Photo at top: President Trump speaks with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington.

For Trump, there are no small deals, only a “big deal”

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North Korea may be offered a similar model down the road, a sweeping "big deal." Of course, Kim already has nukes, not on the verge of them like Iran. But talk of a "small deal" is baloney. This is how Trump works. If he can't get Kim to agree to some kind of "big deal," Trump will just ignore him.

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-05T16:19:48.646Z

If Trump did a "small deal" with a nation, he thinks it would imply he couldn't do a "big deal." He doesn't want to look weak, and so he offers only a "big deal," or he walks away – "better no deal than a bad deal" as he said in Hanoi in 2019.

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-05T17:10:12.406Z

In short: Trump only wants to do a "grand bargain," no interim or halfway measures. He's like a light switch: either "on" or "off" on major diplomatic problems.

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-05T17:17:38.551Z

Inside Trump’s Hastily Written Proposal to ‘Own’ Gaza – The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-06T03:17:18.917Z

“Avoid the White House, deal with Rubio”

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Trump era 2.0 : Key challenges and the future of the U.S.-S. Korea alliance | Arirang News http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ3x…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-01-31T13:33:20.996Z

This is an important conversation. I largely agree with Prof. Kelly on Trump-ROK relations (e.g., "avoid the White House, deal with Rubio") but also sense Trump has a healthy respect for the Korean people per se, which counterbalances his unproductive policies. The ROK should stand up to Trump.

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-01-31T15:31:52.119Z

South Korea detains impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over martial law imposition

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South Korea detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over martial law imposition | AP News apnews.com/article/sout…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-01-15T03:13:57.108Z

Graphic at top: President Yoon Suk Yeol enters the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials headquarters in Gwacheon, South Korea, January 15, to be questioned over his imposition of martial law last month.

Carter believed he had prevented a second Korean War in 1994 deal with Kim Il Sung

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Short synopsis of Carter's 1994 meeting with Kim Il Sung

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2024-12-29T23:02:04.034Z

Oberdorfer ('97): “Suddenly a diplomatic-military crisis took on new political dimensions, as it played out on CNN around the world. To the consternation of the White House, the press saw administration officials as bystanders while a private citizen, Jimmy Carter, appeared in control of US policy.”

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2024-12-30T21:31:22.305Z

How Jimmy Carter Stopped the Second Korean War – The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2025/01/how-…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-01-06T19:22:03.380Z

Photo at top: Former President Jimmy Carter meets President Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, DPRK, on June 16, 1994 (DPRK photo given to Jimmy Carter; courtesy The Carter Center).  Top two posts are based on this author’s personal records of that time as well as from Douglas Brinkley’s The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter’s Journey Beyond the White House.

What if Trump tried to intervene in South Korea’s leadership crisis?

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My comments today to Arirang News' flagship interview program on what Trump might do to intervene in South Korea's leadership crisis (starts at 18:08) youtu.be/VlUZVqYPTnc?…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-01-08T12:41:15.420Z

Transcript of the main question asked of me (at 18:08 in the interview):

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— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-01-08T13:27:31.405Z

Photo at top: President-elect Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 7, 2025, the day after his election was certified by Congress.