Trump is a lousy president. He still deserves a victory lap on North Korea.

For now, we're not going to war. That is undeniably good.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un.
(Image credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Hooray for President Trump.

Those are words I never expected to write. But here we are, in the first stunned hours after the Singapore summit has been concluded, and right now it looks like the U.S. is less likely to go to war against North Korea than it was a few months ago.

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Joel Mathis, The Week US

Joel Mathis is a freelance writer who has spent nine years as a syndicated columnist, co-writing the RedBlueAmerica column as the liberal half of a point-counterpoint duo. His work also regularly appears in National Geographic, The Kansas City Star and Heatmap News. His awards include best online commentary at the Online News Association and (twice) at the City and Regional Magazine Association.