<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Out of the Blue
What We’re Following
Surprising Summit: If President Trump follows through on the promise to meet with Kim Jong Un, which South Korea announced Thursday night, the meeting between a sitting U.S. president and North Korea’s leader will be unprecedented. But as former Defense Secretary Bill Perry can attest, plenty of history suggests that a denuclearization agreement will be hard to come by. One of the terms Kim might propose is a full withdrawal of American troops from the Korean peninsula, which would likely come at great cost to the U.S.—but Trump might be tempted to accept it.
Trump described his outgoing economic adviser, Gary Cohn, as a “globalist,” a word with The president is rumored to be considering And Natasha Bertrand reports that George Nader, a political operative connected with the Trump administration, was accused of importing materials that “depicted nude boys engaged in a variety of sexual acts” in 1985. The charges were dismissed, but the question remains:
