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Originally Posted by dyna mo
It's not speculation, Steve. The fact is both sides released versions of the summit and there's a wide gap between the 2 over the fundamental point of the summit- denuclearization.
pompeo even went so far as to discount what was written down in the agreement.
"When directly asked about the obvious difference between the U.S. and North Korean readouts on phasing — "Was the North['s] account of the meeting accurate when they said that President Trump had agreed to a phased approach?" — Pompeo responded with a statement that should be a huge red flag: "I'm going to leave the content of our discussions as between the two parties, but one should heavily discount some things that are written in other places."
The problem is that one cannot "heavily discount" how one of the two parties interprets an agreement. "
https://www.state.gov/secretary/rema.../06/283183.htm
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There are usually large "rhetorical gaps" when dealing with any foreign country let alone with NK. The words that are publicly said by either side are not of a whole lot of importance. Actions count, words, not so much. This is of course is a reflection of my experience and is my thinking on the matter.