He doesn’t want to admit that it failed just before the election. Kim is going to make it increasingly difficult however. Kim is taking his orders from the Chinese.
As in every previous administration.
Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama. They all fell into that cycle and that trap. NK knows this beautiffffffffully. And plays it predictably like a fiddle.
This is called “kicking the can down the road.”
“He doesn’t want to admit that it failed just before the election. Kim is going to make it increasingly difficult however. Kim is taking his orders from the Chinese.”
THIS. Trump is attempting to push the Chinese on trade. The Chicoms will just jerk Trump around until he’s gone since they don’t have to worry about public opinion polls and deal in long term plans. They will prod their NK pit bull to embarrass Trump as ‘face” is important to them and Trump.
Trump is stuck when it comes to NK as he doesn’t want to admit he was played.