Economics
North Korean Pushback Undercuts U.S. Exuberance Over Kim Meeting
- ‘Rosy outcome’ for June 12 summit was never likely: analyst
- Trump reversed Bolton over plans for ‘Libya Model’ approach
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The dizzying pace of North Korean-U.S. diplomacy this year had President Donald Trump fielding questions about whether he might win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Now, North Korea has threatened to scrap Trump’s June 12 summit with Kim Jong Un, bringing lofty expectations about what may be achieved at the summit down to Earth. Like Trump’s predecessors, this White House is getting a reality check on the pitfalls of negotiating with the isolated and mercurial regime in Pyongyang.