{"id":5600,"date":"2018-05-09T00:47:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T07:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/?p=5600"},"modified":"2018-05-09T03:47:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T10:47:09","slug":"usa-dprk-meeting-mongolia-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/2018\/usa-dprk-meeting-mongolia-label\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Call a Trump-Kim Summit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Julian Dierkes<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, an actual meeting between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump still seems somewhat unlikely, and the chance that it would happen in Ulaanbaatar is even smaller. But if it did happen &#8230; there are some plans to be made! After thinking about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/2018\/managing-trump-kim-meeting\/\">logistics<\/a>, here are some not-so-serious suggestions.<\/p>\n<h3>The Brand<\/h3>\n<p>What would we call the meeting?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steppe Summit<\/li>\n<li>Grassland Summit<\/li>\n<li>UB Summit<\/li>\n<li>22UB Summit (get it, 2 to Ulaanbaatar?)<\/li>\n<li>Ger\/Yurt Summit<\/li>\n<li>Tuul Summit (as in the Tuul River, but also the two participants&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Chinggis Summit<\/li>\n<li>Khaan Summit<\/li>\n<li>Kharkhorin Summit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chat \u2018Khan\u2019 House meeting (referring to Chatham House)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chimguundari (@chimulya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chimulya\/status\/986526815505166337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rendez vous in the fog ( although I assume there is no fog anymore)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jangar tsembel (@jangar_tsembel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jangar_tsembel\/status\/986415347774447616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">Mazalai Summit \u182e\u1820\u1835\u1820\u182d\u1820\u182f\u1820\u1822 \u1821\u182d\u1823\u182f\u1835\u1820\u182f\u1832\u1820<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wikibilig (@Wikibilig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wikibilig\/status\/988263515017302017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>No clear winner in this list yet. For now, I&#8217;ve started using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SteppeSummit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SteppeSummit<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Most likely, the world and its journalists will come up with something cringe-y like the many variants of Minegolia and Moncoalia we&#8217;ve heard over the past decade. Surely, Chinggis Khaan will feature prominently in reporting. In the end, as condescending toward Mongolia as some of those puns and labels are, there&#8217;s probably little to be done about them.<\/p>\n<p>Please leave more suggestions in the Comments!<\/p>\n<p>Any Marco-Polo-inspired suggestions, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnFusco12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Fusco<\/a>?<\/p>\n<h3>The Tag Line<\/h3>\n<p>And, the meeting would need some kind of slogan&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Come wrestle the Mongolian president and world peace!<\/li>\n<li>Come talk among the (greyish) clouds<\/li>\n<li>If Chinggis could have nine places of worship in his capital, we can handle two nutty leaders!<\/li>\n<li>When a double-deel just isn&#8217;t enough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Its meaning is profound, World is our Ger, Toono is our rooftop.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s talk about world peace under our only roof ????<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u00d3\u00f0inn (@Jochen_mn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jochen_mn\/status\/986564040766799873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The \u201cGenghis\u201d all here! or Yes we Khan!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Williams (@Cdn_Jkrta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cdn_Jkrta\/status\/986460328497053696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Activities, Photo Ops, Program for Accompanying Spouses<\/h3>\n<p>Some ideas:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UB has the perfect site for the clown show. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FpRDcdD950\">pic.twitter.com\/FpRDcdD950<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hans Frenken (@hansfrenken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hansfrenken\/status\/985866172104032258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, Trump and Kim would both have to try <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/2015\/graduates-of-archery-100-in-mongolia\/\">their hands at archery<\/a> and be photographed doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Also quite obviously, Pres. Battulga would not miss the opportunity to take the leaders to &#8220;his&#8221; giant Chinggis Khaan statue.<\/p>\n<p>For accompanying first ladies &#8211; if any &#8211; cashmere would probably be the obvious choice, but horses could be an alternative.<\/p>\n<p>For the state dinner, everyone seems to assume that a common like for burgers will win the day, but I enjoy the kimchi khushuur that have been popping up, but I&#8217;m not sure that Donald Trump can handle that kind of fire. Airag would obviously be the drink of choice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"cs\">I just want to see they drink \u201c\u0430\u0439\u0440\u0430\u0433\u201d or \u201c\u0441\u04af\u04af\u0442\u044d\u0439 \u0446\u0430\u0439\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ianmoon (@ianmoon01707901) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianmoon01707901\/status\/994160874502815744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Julian Dierkes Yes, an actual meeting between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump still seems somewhat unlikely, and the chance that it would happen in Ulaanbaatar is even smaller. But if it did happen &#8230; there are some plans to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/2018\/usa-dprk-meeting-mongolia-label\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6444,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[307856,307844,983082,1232,307852,4220],"tags":[983090],"class_list":["post-5600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curios","category-mongolia-and","category-north-korea-mongolia-and","category-tourism","category-ulaanbaatar","category-united-states","tag-julian-dierkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6444"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5600"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5680,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5600\/revisions\/5680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}