Ex-CIA official: Trump could have gotten more from North Korea in negotiations for meeting https://t.co/IWxsSgxQJC pic.twitter.com/roXgma5PP7
— The Hill (@thehill) March 11, 2018
Trump on North Korea: 'I may sit down and make the greatest deal for the world' https://t.co/bMXAkpXyGo pic.twitter.com/xW7cJKd2GO
— POLITICO (@politico) March 12, 2018
Now @realDonaldTrump is taking credit for the Olympics in South Korea. We are days away from the Unhinged Narcissistic in Chief taking credit for ending the Vietnam War.https://t.co/c8IWGLmfek pic.twitter.com/dOJLIPG7lh
— Carma (@Carma_2012) March 12, 2018
The Japanese were ‘blindsided’ by the news that Trump was to meet with Kim Jong Un.
“Nobody thinks the North Koreans are serious in Japan,” said Michael Green, the NSC’s Asia director under George W. Bush. “I would bet this does not happen.” https://t.co/IQ3RQJbJim
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 11, 2018
REPORTS: Kim Jong Un seriously considering releasing American Prisoners in North Korea
— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) March 11, 2018
Mattis goes silent on North Korea ahead of Trump-Kim meeting https://t.co/VVudVj5yX6 pic.twitter.com/BRPauKs0Cr
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 11, 2018
Trump officials keep repeating the phrase "denuclearization" as the goal with North Korea, as if its binary all or nothing demand.
— Micah Zenko (@MicahZenko) March 11, 2018
You have questions about North Korea. We have answers. https://t.co/naW5tO0bhz pic.twitter.com/ASZJDzz2T3
— Vox (@voxdotcom) March 11, 2018
Doesn’t exactly help his hand with the upcoming North Korea talks https://t.co/E5TqlvJS76
— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 11, 2018
DEVELOPING: U.S. stock market poised for higher open Monday morning after tariffs & N. Korea diplomatic breakthrough pic.twitter.com/aR0w0vf5a7
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) March 11, 2018
Hat tip to @ChuckTodd for this one: At Saturday's rally, Trump was "encouraging boos of the American press corps and discouraging boos of a dictator from North Korea" https://t.co/CAJ3mU38sL
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 11, 2018
ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
NY1 is in rolling live coverage of the crash. @DeanMeminger reporting that 6 passengers were on board, 1 person has been rescued pic.twitter.com/c2tNP44u5e
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 11, 2018
Last night…
Here's the video of the President of the United States saying that a black congresswoman is a "very low IQ individual." (via Fox) pic.twitter.com/3aBErbgTAH
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 11, 2018
NEW: I spent the weekend, on a different sort of assignment. With Stormy Daniels — For Stormy, controversy blows up into a club scene bonanza https://t.co/hWUlSEFQHN
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) March 11, 2018
“All I can say is it was never going to air tonight and I guess we will see what happens,” Stormy Daniels about her 60 Minutes interview via @FrancesSSellers: https://t.co/XfCiiuYvz7
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 12, 2018
NEW: White House vows to help arm teachers and backs off raising age for buying guns. My latest —> https://t.co/Yx8UtHpGVE
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 11, 2018
Well played London pic.twitter.com/KRMNgBCj93
— Sebastian Payne (@SebastianEPayne) March 10, 2018
For Trump and Trumpism to be rendered an unnerving but short-lived episode, history will require that millions of men and women who do not ordinarily exercise their franchise—some 60% in off-year elections—recognize the imperatives of citizenship. https://t.co/PIENvv0uIO
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) March 11, 2018
I miss my daughter every minute of every day. For anyone who wants to know why I have been triggered and will not stop, my daughter was murdered at school. This should never happen again.https://t.co/lmifkitV7E
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) March 11, 2018
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WORLD
Beijing has repeatedly vowed to defend its “legitimate rights and interests” if targeted by U.S. tariffs. https://t.co/WTaLAV76wJ
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) March 11, 2018
In Egypt’s presidential election, a strongman’s only challenger is barely campaigning https://t.co/zWg2i6g69G
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 11, 2018
Sir Tim Berners-Lee calls for regulation of big tech companies https://t.co/yBWSom2zcb
— Financial Times (@FT) March 12, 2018
Greek football match stopped after team owner invades pitch with a gun https://t.co/5v6X0EYPCr
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 12, 2018
Russia now advertising that it's justified in assassinating spies in sovereign countries https://t.co/8GeRA7n8Pc
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) March 11, 2018
Meanwhile, The Times has somehow managed to kill poor Mr Skripal who, last we heard, was not actually dead. pic.twitter.com/fdv8FPUfe0
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) March 11, 2018
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN (AND NORN IRON)
The Foreign Secretary’s weakness in dealing with Russia pre and post Salisbury is, alas, tied up with Brexit. When you start severing relations with your democratic neighbours, & you are personally responsible for doing so, you have to try to keep Trump, Putin & Xi on board.
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) March 11, 2018
Brexit will leave future generations to “bear the brunt of another right-wing ideological experiment” https://t.co/qw5E49V82D
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) March 11, 2018
Brexit: Backlash for Cable over 'white nostalgia' comment https://t.co/0fMBziK9Pe
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 11, 2018
The days when @openBritain or any other #Britain could say to #Ireland ‘take it or leave it’ are long over. Ireland as an #EU member state does not do bilateral deals with an about to become 3rd country https://t.co/hGxZpmX1nE
— Brigid Laffan (@BrigidLaffan) March 10, 2018
How VC pay compares to CEOs at major public sector institutions https://t.co/1kCe1lBAkH the more we all stare at this, the more brazen and indefensible it becomes pic.twitter.com/7Ss3sT5e3u
— Mark Carrigan (@mark_carrigan) March 11, 2018
All the big questions pic.twitter.com/obeGFxKTfO
— Anita Singh (@anitathetweeter) March 11, 2018
Finally…
Breaking: Comedian Sir Ken Dodd has died at the age of 90, his publicist has said. pic.twitter.com/EHCPRsxkPT
— Manchester News MEN (@MENnewsdesk) March 12, 2018