I like this outcome. Much better than what I have expected. Ok, this was not that hard, given that I have expected essentially nothing.
Why have I expected nothing? Because of the main problem, the nuclear weapons. It was quite clear: On the one hand, Kim is not suicidal, at least we have no evidence for this. That means, to give away the nuclear weapons, which is, together with the intercontinental missiles he has now, all that deters a US aggression. On the other hand. the nuclear weapons are officially the main issue, the justification of the sanctions and all this, so Trump cannot simply accept that ok, NK is now a nuclear power, so be it, but let's nonetheless make peace.
This problem seemed unresolvable. Now, Trump and Kim have found a nice and simple solution. Kim acknowledges denuclearization as the aim to be reached in some future. And this is, in fact, sufficient for Trump to present this as a big victory. Of course, all the Clintonoids cry that he has really reached nothing, but so what? They will always cry. The aim of denuclearization is in the contract, this is what matters, everything else, the details, can be left to future negotiations. What else do you want?
And what happens during these following negotiations? Hm, let's see. We start with the real hard negotiations in the order as defined by the contract. So, let's start with point 1 and 2. And once we have succeeded with them, we can start negotiating about point 3. (There is also a point 4, which is irrelevant, but given that there is nothing to argue about, let's simply do it immediately.)
What is point 1 and 2 about? You guessed it, the things which can be really done. Peace and starting a new cooperation. Which is what the Korean people really need. No progress about atomic weapons? No problem, that's only the point 3 of the contract.
The Clintonoids will whine, see Bells above, "a regime that has murdered millions of people" (forgetting BTW that what has murdered millions in the war were mainly US bombs).
But nobody will care. If a peace contract follows, if this ends with Russia and China connecting with South Korea via streets, railways, pipelines, everybody will be happy. The people of NK first of all.
Even if the murderous regime remains in power. Let's see what would be the alternatives.
The net wealth of Kim Jong Un is because his bank accounts were barely touched. He has hundreds of bank accounts around the country to protect his money. Why weren't those accounts frozen? Why is he still able to purchase items from overseas? If the US wanted to stop Kim Jong Un, they could freeze his bank accounts across the globe, deny him the right to purchase items from overseas (including for that of his wife). For starters.
Think about why Obama has not done this. If you have found an explanation, give it to an interested auditory.
Some rough ideas what could be reasonable answers: a.) They exist, in a form which could be easily frozen by the US, only in your fantasy. b.) The Obama regime was much more interested in preserving NK, together with the conflict around NK, to peace after a collapse of NK, because in this case, united Korea could decide that it does not need any US bases.
Whatever, alternative 1 would be simply to continue Obama's policy. NK lives under serious sanctions, but will not be attacked, in particular, because it has now, with sufficient certainty, not only nuclear weapons but also intercontinental rockets to deliver them to the only power which needs to be deterred. The people in NK live near starvation but remain unable to change anything, the regime is murderous enough to ensure this. The regime itself remains stable. Everybody in the West, in particular, I guess, Bell, are happy with this.
Alternative 2 would be a war. Probability 20% that Kim succeeds to send a nuclear missile to LA and the rocket defense fails. This would be how many dead Americans? Divide the number by 5, given the probability is only 20%. Or by 50, if you think it is only 2%. Happy with the result? Ok, the US army never fails, so after the first hit there certainly nothing remains from Kim's missiles. Ok, fine. In this case, 80% probability that some nuclear weapon shot by the artillery will reach Seoul. Of course, this does not really matter, these are only Chinamen or so, not really humans, despite all the political correctness nobody really cares. Not? Then, the whole NK army has to be defeated. Don't forget, they are as indoctrinated as the IS, they have a history of fighting the US, and the US has also a history of how to win such wars, namely bombs, bombs, bombs. The US has not fought any war during the last years where the number of civilian victims was less than the number of soldiers. With the army being 25% of the North Korean population
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_People's_Army this gives 50% of the NK population of 25 mio dead.
The Trump solution is, or at least it looks like this now, simply peace. Yes, the murderous regime remains in power. But no longer any danger of war, the South Korean people live much better (transport possibilities via NK), the North Koreans too. Ok, you may think that only the NK leadership gets everything, the people remain as poor as they always have been. I doubt. There will be special zones where South Korean or Chinese firms can produce something with NK workers, and even if the NK workers will be paid cheap and the NK leadership gets its part, they will nonetheless gain much more than now. This has always been the reality of such zones. There will be NK income from transit. And some part of it will trickle down to the people too.
