"Given this legacy, the Trump-Lee summit had several deliverables - tariffs, trade, investments - but what understandably got the most enthusiastic attention was the prospect of Mr. Trump reengaging with Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea. Frankly, reengaging with North Korea and getting Mr. Kim to realize that a normal relationship with the U.S. - and hopefully with South Korea - is in North Korea's interest should be our goal."
"No doubt, Mr. Kim must have been impressed with China's September 3 rd victory day parade celebrating the 80 th anniversary of the end of World War II. Standing next to China's President Xi Jinping as he and Russian President Vladimir Putin reviewed the military parade exhibiting China's modernized military must have pleased Mr. Kim. The parade and the displayed comradery between Messrs Xi, Putin and Kim were on display for the world to see."
The U.S.-South Korea relationship traces to the Korean War, when the United States defended South Korea after North Korea's June 1950 invasion, leading to a 1953 armistice that halted fighting. The Trump-Lee summit produced deliverables on tariffs, trade, and investments while spotlighting prospects for U.S. reengagement with North Korea and Kim Jong Un. Normalized U.S.-North Korea relations could grant North Korea international legitimacy, access to financial institutions, and economic assistance, and could begin a new era for the peninsula. Kim likely welcomed China's September 3 victory parade and visible camaraderie with Xi and Putin. Xi framed the global choice as between 'peace and war, or dialogue or confrontation.'
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