Will we see a sequel to ‘Donald and the Rocket Man’?
Next week, US President Donald J. Trump will travel to Asia, visiting Malaysia and Japan, and attending a very consequential Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in South Korea.
It is planned that Trump will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the sidelines of the meeting, which is a momentous event for his administration – but that may not be all.
Reports have been circulating for weeks now about the possibility of the US President having an impromptu meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un – which would be a most welcome development for peace.
Back in December 2023, the bilateral relations between the US and North Korea had once again sunk to the lowest levels under the ailing Joe Biden administration: ‘Rocket Man’ Kim Jong Un Sets His Defense Industry on a War Footing – North Korean Dictator Steps up Nuclear Capabilities for a Confrontation With the US.
And we longed for a time when the pursuit of peace was paramount.
“O how we miss the time when peacemaker US President Donald Trump walked alone into North Korea, initiating a normalization of bilateral relations, well in the road to constructive interactions between the nations.”
Associated Press reported:
“Now, as Trump is set to make his first trip to Asia since his return to office, speculation is rife that he may seek to meet Kim again during his stop in South Korea. If realized, it would mark the two’s first summit since their last meeting at the Korean border village of Panmunjom in June 2019, and fourth overall.
Many experts say prospects for another impromptu meeting aren’t bright this time but predict Trump and Kim could eventually sit down for talks again in coming months. Others dispute that, saying a quick resumption of diplomacy isn’t still likely given how much has changed since 2019 — both the size of North Korea’s nuclear program and its foreign policy leverage.
Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to restore diplomacy with Kim as he boasted of his relationship with the North Korean leader and called him ‘a smart guy’. Ending his silence on Trump’s outreach, Kim last month said he held ‘good personal memories’ of Trump and suggested he could return to talks if the U.S. drops ‘its delusional obsession with denuclearization’ of North Korea.”
Our President made history again.
First sitting U.S. President to walk into North Korea. Amazing. pic.twitter.com/cJyja6bK4w
— Doug Elston Ibendahl (@DougIbendahl) June 30, 2019
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