Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election has raised the prospect of renewed diplomacy — and confrontation — between Washington and Pyongyang for the first time in four years.

But Trump’s return to the White House comes at a time when North Korea insists its nuclear capabilities are irreversible, inter-Korean relations are at their lowest point in decades and the DPRK has found a key ally in Russia amid the Ukraine war.

Trump will also have his hands full with a myriad of other pressing issues, from immigration and the fallout of wars