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Anybody can declare whatever they want, in however they see it, but here's my assessment of the historic ending of 70 years of hostility between North and South Korea.
1. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump announced he would set tariffs on Chinese imports coming into the US.
2. The Chinese having a lot of economic leverage over North Korea, induced them to embark on a nuclear missle propaganda campaign against the USA, complete with a series of missle firings, thereby keeping Trump's tariffs at bay, as the US tried to get China pacify North Korea, and stop their missle posturing.
3. Trump, not intimidated, stood up firmly to the North Korean campaign, and announced a step-up of US military readiness regarding North Korea.
4. Then, after months of Chinese uncooperation (of course they instigated the missle campaign), Trump dropped the idea of working with the Chinese and announced the tariffs as new US policy.
5. Almost to the day, North Korea's missle posturing campaign stopped, as China saw it to be no longer useful, with the tariffs already announced.
6. North and South Korea now erasing a 70 year hostile division of the country.
7. US media, pretending that Trump had no role in this, let alone a major part in making it happen, have downplayed Trump, if they mention him at all.
1. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump announced he would set tariffs on Chinese imports coming into the US.
2. The Chinese having a lot of economic leverage over North Korea, induced them to embark on a nuclear missle propaganda campaign against the USA, complete with a series of missle firings, thereby keeping Trump's tariffs at bay, as the US tried to get China pacify North Korea, and stop their missle posturing.
3. Trump, not intimidated, stood up firmly to the North Korean campaign, and announced a step-up of US military readiness regarding North Korea.
4. Then, after months of Chinese uncooperation (of course they instigated the missle campaign), Trump dropped the idea of working with the Chinese and announced the tariffs as new US policy.
5. Almost to the day, North Korea's missle posturing campaign stopped, as China saw it to be no longer useful, with the tariffs already announced.
6. North and South Korea now erasing a 70 year hostile division of the country.
7. US media, pretending that Trump had no role in this, let alone a major part in making it happen, have downplayed Trump, if they mention him at all.