Commentary: The Trump-Kim summit marks a return to engagement, but it's not a breakthrough
by Joshua Pollack, Los Angeles Times
Jun 13, 2018
3 minutes
The outcome of the Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un summit in Singapore brings to mind the old Army quip: "Hurry up and wait."
The urgency of holding a meeting between the top leaders of North Korea and the United States, rather than diplomatic professionals, is perhaps best explained by the personality and mind-set of our first reality TV star president. The freshly signed joint statement of this "epochal event" - not merely historic, mind you, but epochal - is roughly what
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