The Piper of the Media

In seeing the planning with regards to the North Korea summit, it was obvious Trump had out planned the media. And now, in a completely different arena, he proves the same- pictures of unfortunate children who have been separated from their parents highlight the bad law and pathetic planning our elites have been handing us for years. It may even highlight some criminality.

Suddenly the spotlight is on this issue, and the media will set up it, assuming there's anyone left doing investigative stuff. Most likely their intent will be to smear Trump, but he is already firmly out there pointing out they need to change the laws that existed previous to him. There have already been missteps from his enemies, people who happily throw out pictures that are meant to make Trump look bad, but are actually from Obama's time.

So a whole bunch of ugly stuff is likely to come out. I don't know how much, but little of it is likely to catch Trump unaware.

To some extent, he's just picking low hanging fruit. It has been known one of the main issues North Korea had with the U.S. was an issue of respect. Since the war, the U.S. has refused to deal with them as one would an actual country. Past dealings with N.K. have been multilateral, where they may be invited, but they don't get to sit at adult's table. It has been worth taking this shot and seeing what they would do with it- well, especially once Junior got into power. The Dad was a lot tougher, but hey, even talking to him would have been better than the silliness that has gone on for all these years.

And it will be interesting to see the effect on China, especially if development of NK really does get underway. That would mean access for the U.S., which would mean assets that much closer to China. Does it matter that much now? What effect might this have on future negotiations with China. Surely, the Chinese have begun to think about this, but I doubt the American media has. They have basically ignored most U.S./China negotiations in favor of pretending Trump was doing nothing.

No doubt they will be quite surprised again.

Update: Trump: Space Force and Air Force will be 'separate but equal'.

Yes, it will befuddle the media, but it will also have interesting effects on international diplomacy...

And it's hilarious. SPACE FORCE!!!!