I dunno. I feel this could be a way to ease some tensions.
I mean, North Korea has never done this before. The Olympics are a sanctity from all the unnecessary conflict in the world. It's a chance to come together and unify. The first time North Korea enters, of course we have a dipshit and his dipshit cotton swab in office.
I feel that if we had someone there to show we are respectful and open to being respectful, tensions between us and North Korea could ease. The fact that KJU has massive propaganda within the country to the point most North Koreas have never seen our flag, this was an opportunity for something. Think about it. Might the North Korean performances be shown in North Korea to the people? If so, it would give us a chance to show we have sympathy towards the shit they are enduring. KJU's sister is a propaganda mastermind. She could take this image of Pence not standing and simply prove to the people that America cares about no one, further feeding that propaganda machine.
Hell, if I was there, even with language barrier and knowing the Koreans would be there, I'd at least try to learn a few introductory lines to tell her "Welcome to the Olympics. I hope you have a good time here." or something like that.
Maybe that would do nothing, but it would be a memory she would forever hold and maybe question the rule of her brother.
She has a lot of pull in North Korea. It's an opportunity we are fucking up badly.
While I agree with this, she could have still twisted this whether he stood or not. All she needs is a pic of him not standing at any time throughout the ceremony to use against us. North Korea doesn't care.
That being said, I would have stood not for the shithole NK regime but for the people of NK. But I think it's a stretch for the media to make Pence look like the villain in this situation when NK is the country violating virtually every human right out there. ---