Desperate Donald Trump ‘begs to rekindle Kim Jong Un bromance’ as international coverage falls aside
Donald Trump is reportedly trying to rekindle his bromance with North Korean tyrant Kim Jong Un as the US President struggles to secure a promised victory in Iran
Donald Trump is desperately trying to win back North Korean tyrant Kim Jong Un(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Donald Trump is desperately trying to win back North Korean tyrant Kim Jong Un as his foreign policy strategy crumbles, according to reports. The 80-year-old U.S. President, who famously boasted that he and the dictator “fell in love” over a series of cosy letters, is reportedly badgering his top aides to set up a face-to-face meeting with the brutal regime leader.
According to The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials, Trump is scrambling to resurrect his failed first-term mission to convince Kim to ditch his nuclear warheads.
Sources claim the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, China, this November is being eyed up as the backdrop for the high-stakes reunion.
Trump is scrambling to resurrect his failed first-term mission to convince Kim to ditch his nuclear warheads(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Trump appears set on getting the meeting booked, ditching the standard presidential playbook of demanding North Korea meet strict preconditions before sitting down.
The American leader already started laying on the charm on Sunday, announcing plans to “substantially reduce” joint military drills with South Korea.
He claimed the war games send a signal that is “totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful.”
Trump has already started laying on the charm towards the North Korean despot(Image: AFP/Getty Images)
Expert Victor Cha, from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, warned the move gives Pyongyang a huge win.
He said: “These exercises presented him an opportunity to do something concrete to show Kim he is serious about meeting.”
A source claims Trump’s sudden eagerness to play nice with Kim stems from a desperate hunt for a flashy foreign policy win, especially with his promised victory in Iran slipping away.
During his first stint in the White House, Trump held three landmark summits with the North Korean strongman.
But their famous “bromance” flopped, failing to produce a deal to freeze or scrap Kim’s nuclear arsenal in exchange for lifting heavy economic sanctions.
Instead, Kim’s nuclear capability has only grown more dangerous, with missiles now capable of striking deep into the U.S. mainland.
Former CIA officer Bruce Klingner warned Trump’s reckless diplomacy could backfire massively.
He said: “It appeases yet another despotic dictator based on a misperception that a personal relationship will actually achieve U.S. foreign policy objectives.”
Experts fear Kim will hold all the cards in any new negotiations, especially now that he enjoys backing from China and has sent thousands of troops to aid Russia in Ukraine in exchange for economic lifelines.
