Praising Trump

KUDOS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. I never for a moment thought I would ever say that. As severe as I've been on Trump, I promised on teh day he was inaugurated that I would give him a chance, like decent people should. its been tough, but I have giv en him a chance, with mostly bad results. Until now. Finally, an American president is going to talk directly to the North Korean head of state. Isn't it about time? How long have American presidents been refusing to deal with North Korea, president to president? sixty four years? More? The U.S. has traditionally insisted that other powers be included in such talks, and that they commence only upon certain conditions, the most recent conditions being that North Korea must rid itself of its nuclear arsenal, or at least indicate its willingness to, before commencement of discussions. Now, finally, at long last, we have an American president with sufficient cahonies to just sit down, and give it a try. Three cheers for Donald J. Trump, as weird as it is for me to be typing it. American foreign policy, which has always been pushy, aggressive, and arrogant, could possibly use a little of the Trump approach. having Saudi that, the United States still has no ambassadors to either south Korea or Saudi Arabia, indicating an attitude by Trump that whatever needs to be done, he can do it better than anyone, and career professional diplomats be damned; this is an idiotic attitude, as any one with even modest discernment can perceive, but, what the hell? The downside is that Trump is liable to do anything, including start a war, issue threats, make matters worse, you name it. You never know. Those of us of a certain age can well remember hiding underneath our wooden desks from make believe Russian nuclear bombs. We may go back to that yet, this time hiding from North Korean nukes. if we're lucky, he'll use his wheeling dealing prowess to talk little rocket man into a complete disposal of nukes, in return for reasonable economic aid from the rest of the wealthy part of the world, mainly America. that is, after all, what the North Koreans really want, and have always wanted' acceptance, security guarantees, and money. who knows? We and the rest of the world might end up greatly regretting Trump's talk, as often is the case. but at least it seems worth a try. How many inter-human problems fail to be resolved because of lack of communication? Trillions.