Trump,Kim and the back benchers

TRUMP HEADS TO VIETNAM FOR SECOND NORTH KOREA MEETING

NO SUPPORT FROM DEMOCRATS, ESTABLISHMENT BUREAUCRATS

President Trump and Kim Jong Un will hold their second meeting this week in Vietnam. Instead of support from fellow Americans we see a list of nay-sayers who fear that any success with North Korea will weaken their hopes of deposing Trump.

First we have the intelligence community who like to emphasize that Kim will never give up his Nuclear weapons, that there have not been any real changes in North Korea and that Trump is too stupid to negotiate with communists. They still believe it is better to not have any discussions with North Korea, who they consider illegitimate. The truth is North Korea has existed for near 70 years and their policies have not moved the needle in a positive direction in all that time. They still believe such negotiations should be left to the career professionals who in the past were suckered into giving North Korea humanitarian aid and technology, including Nuclear technology. They should give the president their view of things, then shut up.

Then we have the Democrats, who cant take it that they are not in on the conversations with Trump and Kim. Where they in on the conversations with Roosevelt and Stalin?. Where they in on the conversations with Reagan and Gorbachev?. I don't think so.  If there is ever a tentative deal reached that will require Senate approval, then they will get their chance. It is likely they would rather see the situation fail rather than Trump and the country have success.

I believe Trump has the support of the majority of the American people who believe trying to improve relations is better than what we have done.

We must consider that Kim, still a young man, was born into his position, inherited from his grandfather and father who were real communist revolutionaries. Much like the leaders of the Soviet Union they were true believers. It was not until those ideologues died that any hope of reform was possible. They were the kind of leaders who would die professing the virtues of communism. 

In the Soviet Union it was not until the next generation began to question the ability of the communist system to provide for the well-being of their citizens that change was possible, that may be the case that we now see in North Korea. The old leadership is dying off and the younger people are looking at the success of their brothers in South Korea. It is a night and day comparison.

I believe Trump when he claims that he genuinely likes Kim and believes he wants to reform his country. Trump has not given the North Koreans any concessions. He has offered them a chance to become members of the world community and improve the condition of their people. They have indicated that is what they would like to do.

No one, including Trump, believes it is possible to transition to a market economy, reject communism and move toward reform overnight. It will likely take many years for this to be accomplished, if it is to really happen. Kim is not really the lone leader of his country, he has to convince the rest of the leadership, many who may be still true believers. Then the North Korean people will need to be slowly led to new way of life.

It appears that Trump has looked at the situation with North Korea and Kim himself in an objective , pragmatic and non judgmental way. He has offered his hand in friendship hoping to bring this country and its people into the modern world. North Korea has great potential and could have a bright future. At least Trump and Kim should get the support of American people in hoping they can have success.