Just when it was thought Trump had the Korean situation figured out or under control there was a new development.
The President had said the day prior that the meeting might not happen. Korean officials said it was up to the U.S. to decide if they wanted to meet or not.
Vice President Mike Pence received a tongue lashing for his statement about the North Koreans reaching out to meet.
The Koreans said it was quite the opposite, it was the U.S. who wanted to meet and they obliged.
Pence was called a “political dummy” by a North Korean official who found Pence’s remark offensive.
The Koreans also threatened once again to back out of talks at the planned Singapore summit.
Political Dummy
Pence spoke to Fox News telling the host that they agreed to a meeting with North Korea after they reached out.
“But when Kim Jong Un through the South Koreans reached out and said he would suspend his nuclear testing, suspend his ballistic testing, and be willing to achieve complete denuclearization through talks in exchange for a meeting with President Trump, this President readily said yes,” Pence said.
“As the President made clear, this will only end like the Libyan model ended if Kim Jong Un doesn’t make a deal, “he added.
North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister, Choe Sun Hui responded to the claim by Pence calling him a political dummy.
“We could surmise more than enough what a political dummy he is as he is trying to compare the DPRK, a nuclear weapon state, to Libya that had simply installed a few items of equipment and fiddled around with them,” she said.
