◎ The Trump administration should continue to emphasize that North Korea’s nuclear program ultimately does not ensure regime survival but regime demise.
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US-DPRK relations
On China and North Korea, Let Trump be Trump
◎ U.S. national security would benefit from Trump’s return to the core principles that guided his original instincts toward China and North Korea.
Hanoi Summit Failure? Not Quite — Kim Now Owes Trump Big Time
◎ How did the failure to secure a declaration of all North Korea’s nuclear and missile capabilities, let alone a specific commitment to destroy them, somehow move the ball forward?
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Geopolitics Watch: In Third Summit with Moon, Kim Successfully Sells Irreversible Denuclearization to N. Korea
◎ Kim may want a second meeting with Trump sooner rather than later.