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Trump can't approach Kim Jong Un meeting 'like a reality show': Former Obama aide - ABC News

posted onMarch 12, 2018
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Article snippet: The former deputy Donald Trump, and Obama is rooting for the meeting’s success. “I think the nation should be rooting for diplomacy to work with North Korea and I think that's certainly President Obama's view,” Ben Rhodes told ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl during an interview on “This Week” Sunday. Rhodes warned, however, that he has not seen evidence that the Trump administration is "equipped for this negotiation.” “We have to realize there's nothing more complex than nuclear negotiations,” Rhodes said. “There's no place in the world more volatile than the Korean peninsula. You cannot just approach this like a reality show. This has to be something where you bring in the experts, you invest in the same type of capabilities in our government that we've seen this administration turn their back on: Science and diplomacy.” The plan for Trump to meet Kim Jong Un follows an announcement Thursday night at the White House Thursday by a South Korean national security official that the U.S. president had accepted an invitation from Pyongyang to meet. Following the announcement, Trump took to Twitter to say the meeting is being planned. It has not yet been determined where or when the two leaders would meet in what would be the first sit-down between a U.S. president and a North Korean leader. On Saturday, Trump criticized the strategies taken by former presidents in dealing with escalating nuclear aggression from North Korea.... Link to the full article to read more

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