“Donald Trump said Tuesday that part of his hard sell to Kim Jong-un about giving up his nuclear weapons was a video that showed the benefits of shaking off the chains of near-global economic sanctions – including the possibility of developing his country’s beaches,” David Martosko reports for The Daily Mail. “‘They have great beaches! You see that whenever they’re exploding the cannons into the ocean, right?’ Trump said after he played the dramatic, Hollywood-produced four minute video for the press corps.”
“‘So I said, “Boy, look at that beach. Wouldn’t that make a great condo behind” – and I explained it,’ the real estate billionaire recalled,” Martosko reports. “I said, “Instead of doing that you could have the best hotels in the world right there.” Think of it from a real estate perspective.'”
“One brief freeze-frame in the film footage depicts a beach that looks as much like Palm Peach as Pyongyang, with hotels in the background and a yacht marina in the foreground,” Martosko reports. “A voiceover described Tuesday’s summit as ‘a special moment in time when a man is presented with one chance that may never be repeated. What will he choose? To show vision and leadership? Or not?’ ‘Will this leader choose to advance his country and be part of a new world? Be the hero of his people?’ the narrator says later, over a climactic string orchestra. ‘Will he shake the hand of peace and enjoy prosperity like he has never seen? A great life, or isolation? Which path will be chosen?'”
“Trump said his team had brought the video to Singapore on ‘on a cassette and an iPad.’ It’s unclear whether the White House believed it would have to provide an old-technology way for Kim to view it once he was home in Pyongyang. ‘That was a tape that we gave to Chairman Kim and his people, his representatives. And it captures a lot, captures what can be done,’ he said,” Martosko reports. “[The video’s narrator also says, ‘Out of the darkness can come the light, and the light of hope can burn bright.’ And in a direct appeal to Kim, the voiceover adds: ‘A new world can begin today, one of friendship, respect and goodwill. Be part of that world, where the doors of opportunity are ready to be opened.’Investment from around the world, where you can have medical breakthroughs, an abundance of resources, innovative technology and new discoveries.'”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: The video:
Nice beaches!
This is why the Constitution has both foreign and domestic emoluments laws…
President Trump has already done more to deal with the North Korea problem than the past three administrations did combined.
Proof it’s all wrong…
But they’re both fluent in dictator so that’s why.
Go Robert De Niro!
Unfortunately the hate of the progressive runs so deep that the guy could cure cancer and they would say that he caused overpopulation.
Robert DeNiro in his senility can do nothing but yell obscenity with no facts, just emotion. He was once a great actor. I guess all things change.
When Trump does something good, then I am willing to give him credit. But he also has to take responsibility when he or his appointees or staff screw up. He also needs to cease the hypocrisy – remember the comments about golf, transparency, working hard, about the use of executive orders, etc.? He needs to admit when he is wrong, and so does the rest of the GOP. Some GOP legislators talk about bipartisanship, but the party has not actually practiced it since the late 1990s. The process has become so childish.
Yeah, like Schumer and Pelosi are bipartisan, right …
Seriously? I’m still waiting for any responsibility or transparency on the part of Obama, Holder, Hilary and many others within his admin along with the lapdop media and the dems.
Well said …
Let’s make it a more appropriate disease…
Regarding senility and swearing …. watch the whole thing…
I find it difficult to believe you would support the foul mouth insult actor in denigrating President Trump. Particularly at this time when the president has gone where no president has gone before to negotiate world peace. Unbelievable …
Over a foul mouth Presidency staining reality actor…?
Yes!
When did he EVER use the F word? He is brash granted, but your support of potty mouth Deniro is NOT RIGHT …
See my reply above to 1transvaluation with the vide clip…
BTW, swearing doesn’t offend me, the nature of his character does.
The “nature of his character” is to Make America Great Again!!! Get a grip …
I stand by my words. He’s a national disgrace. And still he’s serving illegally. Emoluments! But the republicans have no huevos.
Wow! Sorry to say you are TOTALLY CLUELESS when it comes to President Trump. Let GO of your HATE, you will better for it …
When he’s out of office, I’ll move on. Before that, freedom of dissent is what makes America Great.
You are not preaching freedom of “dissent.” You are preaching HATE …
He deserves every stich of contempt hurled his way.
MORE HATE, pity …
Not only does the clip posted above contain multiple F-bombs, but the Access Hollywood tape begins with the following observation by the recently married Donald Trump concerning Nancy O’Dell, who was the co-host of the program:
“I moved on her and I failed. I’ll admit it. I did try and f**k her. … But I couldn’t get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she’s now got the big phony tits and everything.”
Later in the interview, of course, is the famous observation, “And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the p***y. You can do anything.”
That’s not just being brash, or even just being a potty mouth. It’s being devoid of basic human decency, like anyone who knows anything about Kim Jung Un claiming that he’s smart and loves his people.
Ok, fair enough. President Trump still RULES. Chew in that …
On January 1, 1950, the United States Secretary of State described an strategic perimeter for US interests which did not include South Korea.
On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. An estimated three million people (including roughly 37,000 Americans) died before the 1953 truce.
On June 1, 2018, the President of the United States announced the cessation of joint military exercises with South Korea and his intention to withdraw all American forces as soon as practicable. He adopted the North Korean position that entirely defensive US preparations for a North Korean invasion were “provocative,” adding that they were too expensive. He specifically rejected providing any training for the US Air Force bomber crews based on Guam.
The date for the next war has not been set as yet.
The date might not be set yet but it will probably be before the next election in your country. Best way to ensure reelection I’ve heard.
Mind you there might be a taste of making peace with the enemy so a war there may not happen. That’s not a deterrent of course if you can’t make war on your enemies you could always go to war against your soon to be ex-allies.
As long as there is a war, your nation’s history is mostly that. Just look at the first year your country was at peace. Bet you’ll have to look it up.
As mentioned previously, the last MacOS update borked four keys on my 2011 MacBook Pro, including the “two.”
Dean Acheson speech = 21 January 1950
Donald Trump speech = 12 June 2018
I didn’t mention that after North Korea invaded in 1950, the US was able to form a coalition including 27 allies that supported us with military forces or other direct aid.
As of the G7 meeting in 2018, I’m not sure we have any strong allies if history repeats. Sadly, Chairman Kim (like his counterparts in Moscow and Beijing) is aware of that, too.
“As of the G7 meeting in 2018, I’m not sure we have any strong allies if history repeats. Sadly, Chairman Kim (like his counterparts in Moscow and Beijing) is aware of that, too.”
Gee, what a surprise. Leave it up to the FAKE conservative to find a minutiae angle to PISS on good news. You are really pathetic at times …
North Korea is the most repressive country on earth. It is run by the world’s most murderous current dictator. This is a man who had his favorite uncle blown up with an antiaircraft gun, machine-gunned an ex-girlfriend, assassinated his brother, and has summarily executed cabinet members for not applauding his speeches enthusiastically enough. His family is responsible for millions of deaths by violence and starvation, many of them on his personal watch. His people, barring a few toadies, are malnourished and terrorized.
Now this is what Our Dear Leader has to say about him: “Got along great with Kim Jong Un who wants to see wonderful things for his country. … We got along very well. He’s smart, loves his people, he loves his country.”
The fact that the President of the United States admires a bloody dictator is hardly good news or minutia.
Neither is the announced intent to remove the forces that have been protecting South Korea since 1950 from the 9 million active-duty and reserve members of the North Korean army. The US Army has about 1 million, including the National Guard and Reserve. Our advantage is in the Air Force that Mr. Trump wants to stop training for a Korean conflict.
Neither is the fact that Mr. Trump gave all this away in exchange for nothing more than the same empty promises that North Korea has been offering for decades, without ever getting so spectacular a payoff before.
It just KILLS you to give President Trump an atomic particle of credit, got it …
I think the Nobel committee should give Obama a second Nobel Peace Prize.
The Trumpian meltdown would be yuuuuuge!
I would say Hillary, but she couldn’t even beat this clown, so no.
It would be precious though….
Wow! Talk about delusional…
I said as much, but such fun!
Did you totally LOOSE YOUR MIND? Obama did not DESERVE the prize for showing up for work, with NO accomplishments other than the support of the LIBERAL MEDIA …
Liberal Media do not grant Nobel Prizes. Nobel Committees do.
I repeat, Obama did not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize a couple months after showing up for work. The LIBERAL MEDIA had influence on the selection committee and no one including you can deny that …
I can’t speak for the Nobel committee and neither can you, nor the liberal media. But after the disastrous Cheney presidency perhaps they felt Obama’s message, influence, and victory was sufficient. But why assume? In the Nobel Foundation’s own words it was for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”.
It’s not a matter of speaking for anyone. It’s a common sense matter of OBSERVATION OF WHAT WENT DOWN. Liberal media, Liberal award to an UBER Liberal president after a couple moths of doing NOTHING to deserve the award. I don’t care how they justified their irresponsible actions, just like the irresponsible potty mouth Deniro you support. Enjoy the liberal FANTASY…
Pure conjecture and speculation. It’s your opinion he did nothing, the granting institution (which is not the media) felt otherwise. They stated their reasons, and do not owe anyone an explanation. It’s their award.
Care to venture a guess who won’t be getting a Nobel, or Pulitzer, or Oscar, or Tony? He already did get at least one “Stormy” Good for him, that’s the FLOTUS’s business.
You don’t have to be a chicken to know when an egg is rotten …
No he hasn’t.
North Korea still has nukes and missiles capable of reaching the US.
North Korea still has enough artillery to level Seoul before Trump could think of any non nuclear answer. He could level Yongsan Garrison and never launch a missile.
Do not confuse rhetoric for concrete results.
Lucy has the football and Charlie Brown has been invited to kick it.
Exactly right and remarkable for a non politician in a short period of time. Starting to think we should fire ALL professional politicians and a large number of them are lawyers and hire business people and regular people to restore common sense in the Washington swamp …
While we are at it, we could fire ALL professional health care providers (and a large number of them are doctors) and hire regular people to restore common sense to brain surgery.
This is where rejecting professionalism in favor of common sense gets you:
https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/looking-for-life-on-a-flat-earth?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email
So sorry to read you don’t have an atomic particle of praise for President Trump. Your HATE for him is not healthy, FAKE conservative …
Wow, what a tacky Hollywood trailer for a movie no one would pay to see. Why was the voiceover in English? Shouldn’t it have been in Korean?
That promo likely had localized versions.
Those who bothered to read the full article already know that “it was played first in Korean, and then in English.”
Boom! …
It’s all about the West’s taking N. Korea’s natural resources while the US – the first to use nukes, and on civilians – gets to keep its own nukes for use again.
Apple Corp. could benefit by using N. Korea’s super cheap workforce to assemble its gadgets.
What are you whining about?
You’ll have another market to sell your Mary Kay.
After watching the sales pitch, I almost gagged. I wonder what the Korean communist string pullers thought about a full-on capitalist dream?
If this deal is sold…and that’s a big ‘if’ this early on, I might scratch my head, but I’ll also bow to the mighty dollar and Trump’s chutzpah.
The devour demon, the West, uses several methods to Capitalize on smaller nations. Sometimes it invades them first. Sometimes it bombs them first. Sometimes it exploits them. N. Korea’s nukes thwarted the US’s invasion so it uses the soft sell with promises of the benefits of Capitalism but we know that it’s just the precursor for economic colonialism.
Yeah look how we have abused China … Great point
not a bit of Mac news here. the video could have been played on any dumb display, it makes no difference. nobody is impressed with the thinly disguised maralgo ads or how many maga hats trump sold last month. this event was a glorified photo op. what did each side pledge to do? basically add each other to their facebook friends and leave south korea to figure out the rest. America is ceding the Pacific to other countries.
mdn and goeb, if this is the excitement that gives you your trump hardons, you owe it to yourself to move to a different forum.
That is President Donald J. Trump to you pal, your disrespect for a positive first step is DULY NOTED …
President*
*1 of 5 presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote.
John Quincy Adams 1827 Elected by the House
Rutherford B. Hayes (R) 1876
Benjamin Harrison (R) 1888
George W. Bush (R) 2000
Donald J. Trump (R) 2016
All Republicans with the exception of John Quincy Adams. There was no Republican Party then. Maybe they should call themselves the Asterisk Party.
Off topic deflection, pffffttttt ….
You say tomato, I say tomahto…
You said President, I said President*. The rest was supporting facts.
Fortunately neither of us is saying Potato… Too Quayle!
Did you just say Trump and Hardon in the same sentence? Sure to brew a “Storm”…. 😉