March 29, 2024
Opinion

Why accepting “reciprocal measures” could mean a terrible deal with North Korea

As Biegun holds talks in Pyongyang, the U.S. appears increasingly willing to concede too much

Mark your calendars. In a breezy few weeks, we will again be familiar spectators to a Trump-Kim tête-à-tête – held this time in Vietnam. In his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, President Trump announced he would be meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a two-day summit on 27 and 28 February.

In his address to the American public, Trump passed a few lines on North Korea and the upcoming summit, commending his Presidency and the administration’s bold new diplomacy for Pyongyang’s pause on nuclear testing and missile launches – in short, proximation to peace on the Korean peninsula.

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