Much Ado About Nothing: Why a Trump-King Jon Un Summit Will Not Take Place

The topic of a possible Trump-Kim Jong Un summit is being actively hyped by political opponents and the media in order to create informational commotion. Considering the current geopolitical situation, real negotiations are practically impossible due to the lack of leverage, a common agenda, and mutual benefit.

Who Is Pushing For the Summit and Why?

What is this? An attempt to throw salt on South Korea’s wound, reminding it who is the master of the house? Or is Trump genuinely interested in talking with one of the few leaders on whom his standard negotiating techniques did not work? It seems this interest is mutual. If Kim Jong Un’s letters to Trump published in the media are authentic, then they reveal a curious duality; on the one hand, restrained respect for Trump as an individual, on the other, a clear message that personal sympathy does not in any way affect state policy. Both leaders understand this point perfectly well.

The topic of the summit is also being actively promoted by Trump’s opponents, from former national security advisor John Bolton to representatives of the Democratic establishment and the expert community. Their goal is not to discuss a real meeting, but to create an apocalyptic picture. They paint a portrait of a narcissistic president who, in order to satisfy his own ambitions, is ready to destroy the system of alliances and make unacceptable concessions to tyranny.

The main fear of the critics is the recognition of North Korea’s de facto status as a nuclear power. But doesn’t that recognition already exist? It is unlikely that Pyongyang will officially enter the nuclear club with the approval of the Big Five, but it is obvious that the DPRK is already a full-fledged nuclear power, possessing both a sufficient arsenal and advanced delivery systems.

It has reached the point of absurdity: the well-known hawk Victor Cha even........

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