We were heading in that good direction last year and earlier this year—that is until visions of sugarplum nobel prizes apparently started dancing in somebody’s head. Now here we are.
I think Trump wants to get as much political capital as he can. If this audacious proposal to Kim goes nowhere, then it’s back to plan A, and nobody can complain “oh, we didn’t try.”
I don’t think Trump let the thought of a Nobel Peace prize influence him.