Imagine if Obama saluted a North Korean general.
I mean, it’s one thing to say “imagine if Obama met with Kim.” Because yeah, there would be hypocrisy, but I think that hypocrisy would go both ways. But... just imagine... if Obama... saluted a North Korean general. Saluted. A. North. Korean. General.
Speaking for myself, I have no problem in general with a president meeting with dictators in the hopes of trying to ease whatever tensions are flaring up between our country (or that of our allies) and them. Sometimes you gotta do what you need to do as president to help keep things stable, even if it means meeting with some really shitty leaders in the process.
My issue with Trump meeting with Kim is that it's...well, Trump. I would trust Obama to have a good meeting with Kim. I would trust some of the other Republicans who ran for president in 2016 to meet with Kim. I would've trusted Hillary to meet with Kim. Those people are experienced, they're smart, they would be acting in our country's best interests and that of our allies (and hell, the North Korean people's interests, too), they behave like mature human beings when they speak in public. I wouldn't have to worry about them fucking things up somehow.
I have no trust that Trump, in all his obnoxious glory, meeting with Kim will solve our problems, and so far, he's proving me right. He has yet to do a single thing that benefits this country in any way, shape, or form. Everything he does is for his benefit and his benefit alone. I'm certainly hopeful that North Korea can settle down and eventually get to a point where they're no longer a threat to anyone, be it us or South Korea or their own citizens or whatever, and I'm certainly not rooting for any attempts for the U.S. to meet and work with Kim to fail. I just wish to God it were anyone other than Trump leading this interaction.
But yeah, it will forever amaze me how Trump can get by with doing and saying the very things that any other politician would be crucified for. What the hell is it about Trump specifically that is making so many people just shrug and move on and act like his crap is no big deal? I don't even think some other Republican politicians would get away with saying and doing half that stuff.