North and South Korea

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The huge news out of the Koreas this morning definitely deserves a mention for posterity:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-and-south-korea-agree-to-work-toward-common-goal-of-denuclearization/2018/04/27/7dcb03d6-4981-11e8-8082-105a446d19b8_story.html

https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/north-korea-south-korea-summit-intl/index.html

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/27/kim-jong-un-pens-message-peace-in-south-koreas-peace-house.html

The first thing I thought was: Wow there is going to be a whole lot of cognitive dissonance happening on Twitter today, and a whole bunch of activists working overtime to spin this news for or against their favored elected officials.

Even I am experiencing cognitive dissonance. There is no question this is a solid win for the Trump administration, and I have no idea how it could possibly have happened, given all the previous news.

Originally posted on my political blog Swamp of Ineffectual Presumption, which was active from 2016 to 2018.

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