Nixon goes to China, this was not
At attention, for attention. Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images President Trump became the first sitting U.S. president in history to step foot in North Korea on Sunday as part of a surprise and supposedly impromptu meeting with Kim Jong-un. But like much of Trump’s foreign policy — and presidency — the event brought more spectacle than substance. Below is everything we know about what happened, what it means, as well as what some experts have been saying in response.
First, the two leaders exchanged letters earlier this month. And the New York Times reported on Sunday that an unannounced visit to the DMZ was already part of the Trump team’s itinerary and that the president “had actually been musing out loud about [meeting with Kim] for days in advance.” He’s also been dreaming of a DMZ meet-up since last year:
“This handshake of peace itself serves to demonstrate that today is different from yesterday,” Kim told Trump. Trump said it was his “honor” to visit North Korea, emphasizing how much the two leaders liked each other, and exclaiming that, “A lot of really great things are happening, tremendous things.”
Trump said that Kim “made us both look good” by agreeing to meet, calling it a “great day” and emphasizing how he had delivered the region from the brink of annihilation: Though Trump seemed happy to be the center of attention, he focused much of his own attention on the press throughout the day. North Korea did stop testing nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles, which helped deescalate the crisis, but Kim said they stopped because the tests were successful. Earlier this year, North Korea tested short-range ballistic missiles in an apparent provocation, but Trump and other White House officials shrugged it off. On Sunday, the president again downplayed the significance of those tests, insisting they didn’t count.
Together again. Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images How “historic” was this event? President Trump became the first sitting president to step foot in North Korea — walking a few yards to a road and then turning around and coming back. That was it. Then again, whatever Trump’s intentions, negotiations had ended, and seemed unlikely to start up again anytime soon. Trump’s DMZ meet-up broke the standstill, and if talks really do resume and both sides come ready to compromise, it’s still at least possible they could reach common ground of some kind.
Why did the new White House press secretary end up with bruises? Incoming press secretary Stephanie Grisham was injured when North Korean guards tried to block press-pool members from a room where Trump and Kim were meeting, eventually causing the Secret Service to intervene. Carlson has also been regularly attacking John Bolton, Trump’s national security advisor and one of the administration’s biggest cheerleaders for war with Iran, whom Carlson has called a “bureaucratic tape worm.” Speaking of which …
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