The elites are apoplectic at the effectiveness of President Trump. Gobsmacked... "it, it, it, just can't be done" they continue to say... 👇 https://t.co/lv4ZuVr7I5
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
President Trump’s Stunningly Effective North Korea Policy Leaves Professional Diplomatic Corps Gobsmacked… https://t.co/7JyptGZZVx pic.twitter.com/iSQJpz4zRZ
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
If you aren’t watching CNN pundits trying to explain how the worst president of all time is about to denuclearize North Korea in his sophomore year, you’re missing the show of the year. #POTUS
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) March 9, 2018
While her colleagues were optimistic, @maddow was up in arms over Trump leading possible peace talks with NoKo #TTT - President Trump shocked the world Thursday night when it was announced that he planned to sit down with North Korean dictator Kim Jon... https://t.co/4S9SEc7m1T
— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) March 9, 2018
They’ve gone from “he’ll start a nuclear war!” to “he’ll surrender!” https://t.co/PqHgjo02qp
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) March 9, 2018
Trump to meet with Kim Jong Un by May to "achieve permanent denuclearization" https://t.co/HbUcuerslt pic.twitter.com/8zUuREY9zQ
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) March 9, 2018
Remarks by Republic of Korea National Security Advisor Chung Eui-Yong: pic.twitter.com/zkq7gNLDgR
— Dan Scavino Jr. (@Scavino45) March 9, 2018
Kim Jong Un talked about denuclearization with the South Korean Representatives, not just a freeze. Also, no missile testing by North Korea during this period of time. Great progress being made but sanctions will remain until an agreement is reached. Meeting being planned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2018
BREAKING: White House says meeting between Trump and North Korean leader will be held 'at a place and time to be determined'
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 9, 2018
Pic from Earlier tonight. White House official photo of President Donald Trump being briefed by the South Koreans on Kim Jong- Un offer. Kim Jong-un and President Trump will meet in person to discuss denuclearization. pic.twitter.com/SfULL8rOwo
— TRUMP News 24/7 (@MichaelDelauzon) March 9, 2018
.@brianstelter .@CNN .@jaketapper .@Acosta My condolences to you & your network. The Trump caused Nuclear War will not be happening as predicted. Oh well. Good luck with your ratings!
— FluffyDogAttack 🇺🇸 (@FluffyDogAttack) March 9, 2018
1. The Trump Doctrine (overall) pic.twitter.com/0wtT9EXv4H
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
2. How the Trump Doctrine applied to North Korea: pic.twitter.com/pttNJLqTrd
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
4. The Trump Doctrine has two avenues toward dealing with national security adversaries.
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
6. However, when the geopolitical threat stems directly from the enabler, and not the enabled, the Trump Doctrine has a distinctly different & far more encompassing, approach.
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
8. In each case: China, Russia and Iran, unlike Western media, these powers assemble volumes of research to assist them in understanding the most likely sequence of events President Trump will take.
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
10. These states fully understand how President Trump intends to utilize economic leverage toward his next national security focus. As soon as President Trump mentions a strategy for a foe, all international adversaries immediately began road-mapping their defense.
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
12. When the threat is Syria’s chemical weapon, the problem was/is the Assad regime and ISIS. Trump assigned responsibility for solving that issue to Russia; Russia initially refused, so Trump bombed the shit out of Assad – Russia/Assad took ownership; further action not needed.
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
14. See the pattern? In each example President Trump assigns responsibility. However, the important element is the underlying ownership must be based entirely on truth.
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
15. In each of the examples the truth was/is that Gulf States/Qatar, Assad/Russia, and China/Beijing were manipulating and enabling the problem behavior. By calling out that truth, each enabler was forced to take ownership and corrective action. pic.twitter.com/YuXQcgi6z6
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
17. For the Afghanistan problem, India again becomes the economic leverage against Pakistan. China has a great deal of investment in Pakistan, and China also views India as an economic threat to their one-road/one-belt plans.
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
18. The U.S. military is not the leverage, the military helps creates leverage. The leverage itself is economic. Financial interests are always the best leverage to use because inherent within the fundamental principles of economics is "self-interest". pic.twitter.com/7SvkI23z5r
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
19. Actions taken generate financial benefits; those benefits are direct and immediate to the interests of those generating the desired results. pic.twitter.com/X7uhVU4CzR
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
20. Everyone knows the first North Korean missile test was conducted during Bill Clinton’s presidency. That was over 20 years ago. pic.twitter.com/XgCfT1ggk0
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
22. We have been led by stupid people who never applied leverage in a way that would matter to secure the best interests of the U.S. President Trump and his team did; and they won.
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
‘Deep State’ and media need to stop the American electorate from seeing/understanding victory.
23. The review of the enhanced sanctions against N-Korea should be incorporated with the larger issue of policy toward the DPRK’s enabler, China. pic.twitter.com/m2rjXwLEox
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
25. Next: The enhanced U.S. energy export initiatives, in conjunction with lower oil prices, an outcome of U.S. energy policy and a mutually beneficial relationship between President Trump and Arab states in the GCC, severely weakened the economic position of Russia.
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
27. The Bear (Russia) and Red Dragon (China) were drawn into an economic battle space controlled by the Eagle (Trump-USA).
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
29. President Trump’s visit to Poland, and the Three Seas Summit (Baltic, Black and Adriatic Sea States), along with France and the G20 members, established economic relationships and agreements for energy export between the U.S. and Eastern Europe.
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
30. Add all this to the personal relationships developed between Trump and the Gulf Cooperation Council; then factor in the larger economics; and overlay the leverage needed over Russia on issues unrelated to the EU, in North Korea. pic.twitter.com/gSgIF02w9Y
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
31. We actually saw China and Russia holster their U.N. Security Council veto power, and support sanctions against N-Korea because it was in their personal economic interests not to oppose the U.S. sanctions. Brilliant strategy. pic.twitter.com/i7hLpwBKlN
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
32. Facing a Red Dragon who wears a Panda mask is a challenging enterprise. ONLY, for this U.S. administration, President Trump has dealt with this level of Beijing *cultural thinking* before. pic.twitter.com/IPgMrFL4Iv
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
33. When it comes to the use of economic leverage to create U.S. national security outcomes, well, we are learning at the knee of an economic master player. The media will now do everything they can to stop people from realizing how effective President Trump is… pic.twitter.com/nWv85hfsWA
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
34. /End pic.twitter.com/LjyXF7ERzp
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 9, 2018
#TheResistance experts:
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) March 9, 2018
Old hot take on North Korea: Trump being too mean
New hot take on North Korea: Trump being too nice
