I think Trump, personally, did not understand that in the history of U.S.-North Korean negotiations, his meeting personally with Kim was a grand concession no U.S. president had ever before given the Kims. Yes, it was a concession.
And, inside North Korea it had huge public P.R. value in how the regime and its control is sold to the people. It marked Kim as more successful than his father and grandfather and that success was getting the U.S. to concede it was a normal country worthy of face-to-face talks with the U.S. president.
It cost Kim nothing to get that, and getting that was huge.
Now he thinks with Trump, he will still get more without conceding anything himself.
Bingo m.
This cannot be logically countered with any modicum of evidence.
All of the sanctions against the Norks are still in place and Kim has gotten no money from America. Now Kim is begging to resume negotiations because he has gotten nothing that he really wants. Meanwhile, we are applying considerable economic pressure to the Norks puppet masters in China. Trump is doing just fine. In fact, he is ahead of the game. No money has been handed over for a fake deals like past administrations and he is taking the battle to the Chinese puppet masters, unlike any past administrations and sanctions are still in place. Kim has failed miserably to roll President Trump.