Trump's Denuclearization Delusion Donald Trump's latest attempt to rekindle his romance with North Korea's Kim Jong Un is a nostalgic throwback to his first term in office, when he infamously claimed that the two had "fallen in love" after exchanging letters.
However, this time around, it's clear that Trump has misread the changing dynamics on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea is no longer the isolated, impoverished nation it was when their first meeting took place in 2019.
Thanks to a combination of Covid era economic growth and military aid from Russia, Pyongyang is now a more confident and formidable player in regional geopolitics.