North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the first congress of the country's ruling Workers' Party in 36 years, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo taken by Kyodo May 9, 2016. Kyodo/via REUTERS
Washington Post: North Korea taps GOP analysts to better understand Trump and his messages
BERN, Switzerland — North Korean government officials have been quietly trying to arrange talks with Republican-linked analysts in Washington, in an apparent attempt to make sense of President Trump and his confusing messages to Kim Jong Un’s regime.
The outreach began before the current eruption of threats between the two leaders but will probably become only more urgent as Trump and Kim have descended into name-calling that, many analysts worry, sharply increases the chances of potentially catastrophic misunderstandings.
“Their number one concern is Trump. They can’t figure him out,” said one person with direct knowledge of North Korea’s approach to Asia experts with Republican connections.
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WNU Editor: I got a heads up on these invitations from a regular reader of this blog a few days ago. GOP analysts? Most of the GOP are still in the dark when it comes to understanding Trump .... and now they are being tapped by the North Koreans? Oh oh ....
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