{"id":325845,"date":"2017-09-13T11:45:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T10:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/jimmy-carter-brands-us-oligarchy-urges-trump-to-sign-n-korea-peace-treaty\/"},"modified":"2017-09-13T11:45:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T10:45:35","slug":"jimmy-carter-brands-us-oligarchy-urges-trump-to-sign-n-korea-peace-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/jimmy-carter-brands-us-oligarchy-urges-trump-to-sign-n-korea-peace-treaty\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Carter brands US \u2018oligarchy\u2019 &amp; urges Trump to sign N. Korea peace treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.rt.com\/files\/2017.09\/thumbnail\/59b9072dfc7e938a4d8b4568.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 13 Sep, 2017 10:45 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        Former US President Jimmy Carter said the US works more like an &#8220;oligarchy than a democracy,&#8221; while also lambasting Trump&#8217;s \u201chopeless\u201d approach to solving the Israel-Palestine issue, and the increasing tension with North Korea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p>The former president was speaking at a <em>\u2018Conversation with the Carters\u2019<\/em> event at his Carter Center in Atlanta on Tuesday. He said money in politics is what makes the US more like an oligarchy \u2013 run by a small group of rich people \u2013 rather than a democracy, AP reports.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time the 39th president has made such comments. In 2015, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hDsPWmioSHg\">referred<\/a> to the<em> \u201cunlimited political bribery\u201d<\/em> that has <em>\u201ccreated a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Carter was referring to the Supreme Court\u2019s 2010 Citizens United ruling to allow corporations to give unlimited campaign donations to political candidates, which he has previously <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/219083-carter-citizens-uniter-ruling-the-most-stupid-decision-the-supreme-court-ever-made\">said<\/a> was <em>\u201cthe most stupid decision\u201d<\/em> the court had made.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>North Korea<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On escalating tensions between the US and North Korea, Carter said,<em> \u201cThe first thing I would do is treat the North Koreans with respect.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong\/><em>\u201cI know what the North Koreans want,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said. <em>\u201cWhat they want is a firm treaty guaranteeing North Korea that the US will not attack them or hurt them in any way, unless they attack one of their neighbors.\u201d<\/em> Carter said,<em> \u201cBut the United States has refused to do that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Carter said he would send his top person to Pyongyang immediately, adding: <em>\u201cIf I didn\u2019t go myself.\u201d<\/em> The former president visited North Korea three times between 1994 and 2011.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Until we&#8217;re willing to talk to them and treat them with respect as human beings, which they are, then I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ll make any progress,&#8221;<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Middle East<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Carter said he doesn\u2019t think that Trump can bring peace between Israel and Palestine.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I don\u2019t think Trump or his family members are making any progress in that respect,&#8221;<\/em> he said, adding he is <em>\u201cpractically hopeless\u201d<\/em> that Trump will do anything to give <em>\u201cjustice to the Palestinians.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Carter criticized both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for failing to be flexible, but said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has <em>\u201cno intention at all of having a two-state solution.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/403169-carter-us-oligarchy-korea\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 13 Sep, 2017 10:45 Former US President Jimmy Carter said the US works more like an &#8220;oligarchy than a democracy,&#8221; while also lambasting Trump&#8217;s \u201chopeless\u201d approach to solving the Israel-Palestine issue, and the increasing tension with North Korea. 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