Let Trump and Kim Meet
Even if a summit gives North Korea legitimacy it doesn’t deserve, talking is preferable to the disastrous alternative.
On Thursday, Chung Eui Yong, South Korea’s national security advisor, told a stunned group of journalists at the White House that President Donald Trump had accepted an invitation to meet with Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea. Like so many other decisions in this White House, this one felt chaotic. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, for example, seemed to of the decision to hold the meeting, which is planned to occur by May, only after it was made. (He and other administration officials have since downplayed its significance, though Trump night : “The deal with North Korea is very much in the making.”) And yet: While one may wish that Trump
