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On the recordJune 14, 2018
it has now been 2 days since the Singapore summit between President Trump and Chairman Kim concluded. America remains troubled by the lack of detail in the joint statement signed by both parties, as well as some of the remarkable concessions made by President Trump, especially the freeze of joint military exercises with South Korea. In the wake of this first meeting, it has become clearer and clearer that Chairman Kim secured far more concessions than President Trump. Yet, despite all the evidence, President Trump is acting like he just secured world peace. The President is conducting an alternative reality Presidency, and the recent summit with North Korea reveals it better than ever. President Trump says we are no longer on the brink of war with North Korea, after President Trump himself was the one who brought us there in the first place, through bellicose rhetoric and brinkmanship on Twitter. Now the President takes a victory lap for undoing a problem he created in the first place. He pats himself on the back, saying that we are now at peace. We were on the brink of war. He forgets that he brought us there. What kind of Presidency is this? Again President Trump tweeted yesterday: ``There is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea.'' Saying it, Mr. President Trump, does not make it so--once again, an alternative reality Presidency. Despite what the President says, Chairman Kim has not agreed to dismantle North Korea's nuclear infrastructure.…
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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Jun 14, 2018

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