If Trump somehow gets NK to de-nuke, how much does his approvals improve?

[Joey1996]

Definitely not gonna happen, but in the 1/1000000 chance it does...

[Dereich]

The same, outside a very temporary bump. People don't care about foreign policy (outside war) when it doesn't directly effects them.

[Joey1996]

The same, outside a very temporary bump. People don't care about foreign policy (outside war) when it doesn't directly effects them.

I disagree, The Hill poll from yesterday showed that Americans view NK as a top threat.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/376729-americans-list-north-korea-cyberterrorism-as-top-threats-poll

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

Maybe +5 at the most. Most people just don't like Trump as a person, and won't regardless of what he does.

[RINO Tom]

Cath, where are you to call out this terrible grammar?

[OSR stands with Israel]

Cath, where are you to call out this terrible grammar?

He only calls me out on it

[Beet]

If he gets such an agreement with follow through, not only will I vote for him, but for Republicans at every level & volunteer for his reelection.

[I’m not Stu]

He won't get North Korea to de-nuke.

[Sumner 1868]

He won't get North Korea to de-nuke.

^^^

And even if he did nobody would care in a week.

[ProudModerate2]

His approvals depend on more than what he can do in NK.
There is so much turmoil, chaos and drama surrounding everything the Orange-Haired Clown (and others in his Big-Top administration) does, that his numbers will forever be low.
I just don't see any future positive changes in the disorderliness that can/will help. Honestly, if anything, it will get worse.

[adrac]

He won't get North Korea to de-nuke.

Although I definitely see him taking credit for any sort of agreement between NK and SK.

[Joey1996]

Cath, where are you to call out this terrible grammar?

Shut it.

[KingSweden]

I could see it marginally helping, but Trump’s approval issues are largely unrelated to policy IMO so I don’t see it being a long term boon

[TDAS04]

It won't happen.

If it did, I don't know how much it would impact his approval ratings, but it would have little to no impact on his reelection chances, considering Bush 41's defeat shortly after his Desert Storm success.  People tend to not vote on foreign policy.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

He won't get North Korea to de-nuke.

Although I definitely see him taking credit for any sort of agreement between NK and SK.

[Fuzzy Bear]

If he actually did this, his approval ratings would soar.  They'd quickly come back down somewhat, but they'd settle in the mid-50s.

Such an accomplishment would win Trump the Nobel Peace Prize.

[Crumpets]

It would probably be a decent bump - maybe enough to get him to 50%. It would probably look a lot like the Bin Laden bump, but starting with a lower baseline. It would really depend on how close to an election it is whether it makes any kind of difference, or how long after it Trump decides to tweet out about how much he thinks kiddie porn gets a bad rap, or something.

[henster]

Why would NK de-nuke? Them having nukes is probably the only reason they haven't ended up like Iraq right now. I don't blame countries like Iran/NK for developing nukes considering the US neoconistic foreign policy.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Definitely not gonna happen

It won't happen.

Come on, so much pessimism!

If it happens it won't be only or even primarily b/c of him, but he'll get +10% or so at least for a little while.

[NewYorkExpress]

If North Korea de-nuked, Trump would get a Nobel Prize, but he'd also lose a Republican Primary to some warmonger from the neo-con wing.

[Inmate Trump]

I think he'd get a bump (and rightfully so), but it wouldn't be higher than 50%.

But anyway, I don't think he'll be able to do much with NK.

[Cold War Liberal]

Maybe +5 at the most. Most people just don't like Trump as a person, and won't regardless of what he does.

[Shadows]

South Korea with an elected leader who is a liberal human rights advocate has completed sidelined Trump from the process & have bypassed him. So Trump has little to no control in the ongoing negotiations between both Koreas & if NK will denuclearize. Ofcourse he could throw a fit & not hold up his end of the bargain of removing some troops or etc but in general if there is a peace process & de-nuclearization, it will be due to South Korea & not Trump.

[BlueSwan]

It would be big, no doubt. Mid-50's.

[Free Bird]

Alright, fess up, how many of you said "he won't" as a justification to vote "the same" even tho the scenario is IF he somehow did.

In all seriousness, basic Realism dictates that they won't stop their program. A better starting position would be to offer to stop war games and occupation in exchange for having the program converted to a co-effort between the ROK and DPRK, then maybe working towards an actual treaty to end the literal landmine that is the DMZ standoff.