There was a point where whatever the fuck the President* is doing with NK was promising? In what way? Trump Towers Pyonyang? It certainly wasn’t in a “stabilize the region/contain North Korea” way.

So in Korean, does the word “moratorium” translate as “not as many” or “just a few” or something?

In North Korean, it means whatever Dear Leader says it does.

It means “nice doggy” while you are looking for a rock.

Was there anyone besides Trump who seriously didn’t know this was going to happen?

Roughly 30-40% of the voting public?

You have to hand it to Vice, they know how to do North Korea

CNN has a story up!

Hard to tell at this point what is what. But, I will say, if Kim Jong Un is in fact in intensive care and very sick, it has to be the perfect time for someone in the inner circle who thinks it’s time for regime change. I would expect something like this is a tyrant’s worst nightmare–being totally vulnerable and having to rely entirely on your minions to protect you.

… and Donald Trump sheds his first tears since taking office.

But I thought DT received a personal beautiful letter from his pen-pal just recently?

Shitgibbon will order flags at half-staff. Just watch.

Huh. Nobody but the US is reporting this, though. And it’s all info coming from the least reliable source in the world: the Trump administration.

… How far we’ve come in four years, where my immediate response to news about NK coming from the US government is, “That’s actually less credible than a North Korean press release.”

I understand the need for grains of salt and cold water, but with that in mind…

This is our intel community (the ones who were warning about the coronavirus in late December/January), and wording in the reporting is kind of specifically crafted here: they’re “monitoring intelligence”, which can mean a lot of things, but suggests that they’ve heard something, and perhaps with some repetition.

In before our top intel asset in North Korea is shot with AA guns next week or something similar.

“Only 5 of us knew and Lee is sweating an awful lot today.”

Woah. Does this mean Kim Jong Un was manufactured in a lab?