Is Trump walking into Kim Jong Un's trap?

Is President Trump reaping the fruit of his unorthodox diplomacy, or is he Wile E. Coyote?

President Trump and Kim Jong Un.
(Image credit: MANDEL NGAN,ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)

If President Trump actually meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and forges lasting peace on a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, that would be truly amazing. We should all hope that happens. The fact that Trump and Kim appear to be giving peace a chance — after Trump's "short and fat" and "Little Rocket Man" taunts and "fire and fury" threat, and Kim's vow to "tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire" — is already an indisputably positive development.

The announcement that Trump has agreed to meet with Kim by the end of May was made Thursday. The White House confirmed the news, and Trump tweeted, "Great progress being made ... Meeting being planned!"

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.