Trump Very Fond Of Kim Jong-Un, But Won't Visit North Korea

The word “confusing” might be an apt way to describe the relationship between President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. The two leaders have threatened to wipe each other “completely off the map” but now seem willing to talk about North Korea's nuclear ambitions using traditional diplomatic methods.

On Monday, the president told a reporter that he is not ready to visit North Korea now and added, "Probably not. I don’t think it’s ready. I don’t think we’re ready for that. I would do it sometime at – sometime at a later future. And depending on what happens, I’m sure he’ll love coming to the United States also. But, no, I don’t think it’s ready for that. I think we have a ways to go yet.”

Shortly after Trump took office in 2017, North Korea began a series of missile tests that raised fears of a nuclear confrontation on an international level. By August, Trump threatened North Korea with retaliation and stated, "They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen."

Trump often comes up with nicknames for his adversaries like “Crooked Hillary” and “Little Marco” and so he began to call Kim “Little Rocket Man”, lifting the name from a song by British rock musician Elton John. And while the two traded insults, more sanctions were heaped upon the Asian nation.

As 2018 rolled around, Kim gave his first speech of the new year and said, "The United States should know that the button for nuclear weapons is on my table." Not one to ignore such comments, Trump immediately tweeted that the button on his desk is even bigger and that "My Button works” in a reference to a failed missile test.

Just when things seemed to be skyrocketing out of control, North and South Korea warmed up to each other during the Winter Olympics in Pyongyang and Kim seemed receptive to denuclearization talks for the Korean Peninsula. Talks in late April seemed to show some progress and guess who was given some credit for the negotiations? None other than Trump.

Other world leaders seem a bit befuddled at what they see as bizarre behavior by the American president. At the last two G7 summit meetings with Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, the U.K. and the U.S., Trump went off on a tangent explaining to the other government heads about what a “great guy” Kim is.

BuzzFeed News sources reported that the other G7 leaders were left quite speechless to Trump’s re-telling of an exchange he had with Kim that has become known as the “Little Rocket Man” incident.

Trump will often draw criticism and outrage toward himself as a distraction while the gears are clicking in the background to forward his agenda. In recent months, he made comments about four female Democratic congresswomen and was accused of racism, Islamophobia, misogyny and other names by a willing Democratic-leaning press and leading Democratic 2020 candidates.

The result was that Trump’s base stayed loyal and the far-left liberal agenda of “The Squad” became the face of the 2020 Democratic party which will almost certainly turn the 2020 election into a Trump landslide victory.

Are Trump’s actions and words with Kim Jong Un a similar ploy but on an international stage?