Trump wants to talk to Kim. North Korea’s leader has a big ask.
Will North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's demands — recognition of his country as a nuclear power and and end to the U.S.'s "hostile policy" — be palatable to Washington?
U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed his desire to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un as early as this year, according to recent reports. However, reestablishing their "bromance" and transforming these hopes into an actual return to talks will be a formidable challenge for the president. Trump's recent decision to suspend an annual large-scale joint military drill with South Korea, which he deemed "totally inappropriate and hostile" to North Korea, demonstrated his resolute intent to resume dialogue with Pyongyang, according to long-time observers.
"He is most definitely keen on reengaging with the North Korean leader," stated Evans Revere, a former U.S. State Department official with extensive experience negotiating with North Korea. Nevertheless, Trump's decision also reflects his propensity for making perilous, even dangerous, unilateral concessions to North Korea in an attempt to create the façade of progress with the regime.
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