| | | | | View in your browser | | |  | | | | | | The Memo: Korean thaw gives Trump a big boost | The historic meeting between the leaders of North Korea and South Korea is forcing critics of President Trump to acknowledge that his much-derided strategy might be bearing fruit.
Trump’s approach to North Korea, including his famous derision of Kim Jong Un as “Little Rocket Man” and his talk about the size of his nuclear button, elicited a combination of fear and mockery from foreign policy experts and other elite voices. So too did his threat, during a United Nations speech last September, to “totally destroy” North Korea.
But the positive mood-music from the dramatic meeting between Kim and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In, as well as the ongoing plans for a Trump-Kim summit, are winning praise from unexpected quarters. | | Read the full story here | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Did a friend forward you this email? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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