I hope that they have stopped building rockets, I thought they just offered to stop testing them. Do you have a source?

Really? At this moment in time, he is the only name on that list who is sure to run (assuming he isn't impeached or arrested by then ). Since no-one else has officially declared, why would anyone put money on them, or don't you know how bookies operate?

And what were the bookies' odds on Trump winning in 2016?

"Legitimizing" him is the wrong word. He's like a mentally ill guy with a gun in a shopping mall. He's loading his gun. You can try to shoot him first, but there's a very good chance that some innocent people will get killed in the process. So you sit him down and try to talk to him. Do you call this "legitimizing" him?

Assumed by whom?

Certainly not by me.

Tom

100% this - he is the only candidate and the more people bet on him (as the only declared candidate), the more his odds shorten. William Hill 101.

By important people who have to justify why NK has/hasn't breached the agreement.

No, but telling the world how much you trust him, how much of a great guy he is, and stating that Otto Warmbier's death was worth it to get this guy to the table...that's legitimizing him.

Absolutely.

Trump really is a loose cannon.

Plus at 6:4 the bookies still believe he more likely won't win despite the enormous advantage a sitting president almost always has.

Notwithstanding what I think of Trump, to even agree to meet with Kim is quite an achievement. I'm not entirely sure who was pulling the strings, or whether it was by gentle coercement or simply bullying tactics, and uncertainty still remains surrounding the outcome and whatever commitments are made, but it is certainly a positive step.

The statement doesn't seem to say anything. Full stop.

Thanks for the links, Reb77Br.

you're.easily.impressed. its a political stunt. nothing.more.nothing.less. Trump wants the Nobel Peace prize, anything to "better" Obama.

Got some odds for that too

https://www.oddschecker.com/awards/nobel-prizes

Actually it is.

So far the US have officially seen the Korean peninsula as the territory of only one state and that is South Korea. North Korea hasn't been officially recognised by the US so far.

The POTUS meeting Kim in a state summit is indeed the recognition of NK as a state and thereby also its legitimisation. This also means the US, and thereby de facto mos of the world, accept the peninsula's definitive separation into two states.

This is similar to the situation the democratic Republic of China is in. No sitting POTUS has officially met the ROC's sitting president since the People's Republic of China has been recognised as "the" China.

I find your lack of understanding disturbing .
I think it's abundantly clear, I'm not a fan of Trump in the slightest and if you read my post correctly, I'm not sure anything concrete will come of it. I will concede, however, that this is more than any previous administration had achieved.

Trump is a breath of fresh air in International Politics.

He is not into the whole political correctness but rather wants to accomplish things ! Yes, he's got himself dirty over the years but so did the Clintons and all the others !

America need's a president who's not afraid to speak the truth !

you're naive. its a political charade from both sides to draw in chablis drinking chin strokers like you.

they shook hands, they had lunch together, touched each other up, slapped each other on the back:

Trump + Macron
Trump + Kim

What's the difference?

When's he going to start doing that?

Indeed it does! I hope it gets one very soon!