When Donald Trump returns to office in Jan. 2025, he will inherit a complex web of foreign policy challenges, with North Korea representing one of many pressing concerns.

But while it’s possible the former president could seek to renew engagement toward Pyongyang, expectations for another round of diplomacy mask just how little we know about Trump’s plans for DPRK policy in a second term.

Much has changed since Trump was last in office, but the former president largely avoided substantive comment on North Korea throughout his campaign, apart from occasional references to his personal