It’s certainly risky and who knows where it goes, if anywhere, but it’s certainly a surprising outcome to the saber-rattling that Trump did last year that freaked the same people out so much that he was going to start nuclear war.
Madcow states . . . "Should I take that to mean that this might be particularly risky or even an unwise move?”
What is the risk? In all my years, since when does a President come face-to-face unless an agreement has already been made? No risk to meet.
Having said that . . . One could use the Reagan Gorbachev Reykjavik summit as an example of a "rougue" leader changing the conditions. Reagan walked out . . . and the rest as they say is history.
Personally, I see no risk. win-win is all I see. But thats my opinion, and its the only one I have