In the past, Kim would rattle his saber and the US would throw a couple of billion his way and he’d shut up for about six months and then play the con game again. Hey! Piss ant! There’s a new sheriff in town and, do something stupid, and your country will become the biggest glass parking lot in the world.
The norks have painted themselves into a corner....they could become a prosperous country but the changes necessary would doom the current power structure...they will continue down the road of confrontation and isolation until they are doomed anyway....