Trump Pulls Out Of North Korean Summit. Here's Why It's A Good Move. | Eastern NC Now

    Publisher's note: This informational nugget was sent to me by Ben Shapiro, who represents the Daily Wire, and since this is one of the most topical news events, it should be published on BCN.

    On Thursday, President Trump abruptly pulled out of the proposed June 12 summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un set for Singapore. He issued a fully Trumpian letter, replete with superlatives and near-expletives:

    This has been treated as a significant diplomatic boo-boo by the Trump administration. The reality is that this is the right move - and that the diplomatic boo-boo was announcing the summit in the first place. Trump never should have touted the possibility of negotiations with the world's worst dictator, or gone around smiling to chants of "Nobel."

    By announcing the summit and then painting the negotiation itself as a victory, Trump gave significant leverage to North Korea: it seemed he was invested in the possibility of deal, which meant that North Korea could jerk him around.

    Instead, it seems, North Korea miscalculated. They started fulminating about the possibility of nuclear war and cancelling the summit in order to save face, presumably in order to set a harder opening bargaining position.

    And Trump simply cancelled.

    Unlike President Obama, who would have done anything to forward public negotiations, up to and including compromising the interests of the United States - see the Iran deal, or the Cuban embassy opening - President Trump was happy to walk away from the table. And this will teach the North Koreans that if they want a deal, they're going to have to make some serious concessions rather than blustering and posturing.