In his speech on September 30, 1938, Neville Chamberlain famously declared “My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time…” The “peace for our time” was a reference to Benjamin Disraeli’s address after returning from the Congress of Berlin in 1878.
Winston Churchill in the British parliament said “Chamberlain had the choice between war and shame. Now he has chosen shame – he’ll get war later.”
The United Kingdom, along with most of its Dominions and Crown colonies declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939.
Sadly, Donald Trump has not read and is not a fan of any history.
Thus Trump signs a document that says we agree to talk. It is better than war. Prior agreements with North Korea have not resulted in any change by North Korea in its effort to threaten the world. Under the current leader Kim Jong Un the threat of a nuclear war has become even greater. There is nothing in this agreement that that takes the world one step closer to denuclearization. Just today Trump has announced that the United States will discontinue joint military exercises in South Korea. The exercises have been a sore point for North Korea for decades. They obtained that concession without giving one thing in return. Where was the tough talk of Secretary State Mike Pompeo?
Donald Trump is the 21st century version of Neville Chamberlin.
Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit
President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a first, historic summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018.
President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un conducted a comprehensive, in-depth and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new US-DPRK relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and Chairman Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Convinced that the establishment of new US-DPRK relations will contribute to the peace and prosperity of the Korean Peninsula and of the world, and recognizing that mutual confidence building can promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un state the following:
1. The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new US-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
2. The United States and DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.

The similarities are scary