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    Trump works to maintain illusions of progress, as his main promises go unfulfilled

    by Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times Mar 06, 2019 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, now in the third year of his term, is struggling to maintain the illusion of accomplishment as some of his biggest promises remain unfulfilled.

    Though his showy summit diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un collapsed in Vietnam last week, dashing Trump's prediction of "fantastic success," the president continues to insist that he's made unprecedented progress toward getting that nation to relinquish its nuclear arms program - even as his intelligence advisers say otherwise.

    Over the weekend, Trump yet again boasted to supporters that his border wall is under construction, as if it were near-finished. In fact, no new miles of any barrier have been built during his presidency and a Republican-controlled Senate is poised to join the Democratic-controlled House in rejecting his declaration of a national emergency to pay for an installment.

    Also, Trump is

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