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"If those requests were gangster-like, the world is a gangster."

Mike Pompeo responds to North Korea's complaint that his "unilateral... demand for denuclearization" is "gangster-like."

WaPo reports.

I suspect that "gangster-like" refers to the idea, from "The Godfather," of an offer you can't refuse. But:

1. I don't think a firm, unilateral offer is the same thing as an offer you must accept because the alternative is death.

2. The idea of "The Godfather" seems connected to Pompeo's Italian ethnicity, and it's unsophisticated of North Korea to display ethnic bias.

3. There's a hint of an expression of love for American pop culture — the movies... and even the gangsters. Perhaps there was an idea of canceling out the idea that Kim Jong-Un was ignorant of Western pop culture in that he didn't know the song "Rocket Man," a knowledge gap highlighted by Mike Pompeo's giving Kim a Trump-signed copy of the recording.

4. Pompeo's response — "If those requests were gangster-like, the world is a gangster" — is terse and memorable, but it is ambiguous as hell. One meaning is: The requests are not gangster-like, because they're typical of the way deal-making is done all over the world. But the other meaning is: The world is a gangster. In a way, it doesn't matter which of those meanings is true or intended. The message is the same: Quit whining, face reality, and make a deal.

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