ROGER SIMON: Disneyland Pyongyang? Can Trump Co-Opt Kim?
This speaks to what Trump is attempting. A creature of popular culture himself, he knows its allure and how to utilize it. Whether he will succeed is anybody’s guess, but it is a different way of dealing in international diplomacy and more than worth trying. Perhaps he should bring along a bag of Big Macs and some fries to the negotiation.
Okay, maybe not, but the underpinnings of all this are not new. Those of us old enough to remember recall the subversive nature of American culture during Soviet times, clandestine jazz concerts in Moscow boîtes, hidden screenings of certain movies, samizdat publication of forbidden novels, etc. Everybody wanted it, even, apparently, General Secretary Andropov.
Read the whole thing. Maybe Trump should simply invite Kim Jong-un to visit the Safeway in Houston.