Morning Jolt: President Trump and Kim Jong-un To Meet: Peace in Our Time?

The good news about President Trump accepting an invitation to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un:

• The North Koreans are willing to stop nuclear testing and test-launching missiles while we're talking.
• The North Koreans say they're willing to discuss denuclearization. If they actually mean it, this would be a giant breakthrough, and yes, this is the sort of thing that gets a president a Nobel Peace Prize.
• Our military exercises with the South Koreans will go on as scheduled.
• The term "win-win" gets thrown around too often, but this summit is what both Trump and Kim Jong-un want. Trump wants a bold move that creates a long-term solution to a major foreign policy problem. He likes surprising critics, and he likes to think of himself as a great dealmaker. Kim Jong-un will be able to boast that his combination of provocations, threats, and outreach brought the president of the United States to the negotiating table.
• Tom Nichols, a pretty intense Trump critic, writes in USA Today ...

March 09 2018

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President Trump and Kim Jong-un To Meet: Peace in Our Time? Jim Geraghty The good news about President Trump accepting an invitation to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un: The North Koreans are willing to stop nuclear testing and test-launching missiles while we're talking. The North Koreans say they're willing to discuss denuclearization. If they actually mean it, this would be a giant breakthrough, and yes, this is the sort of thing that gets a president a Nobel Peace Prize. Our military exercises with the South Koreans will go on as scheduled. The term "win-win" gets thrown around too often, but this summit is what both Trump and Kim Jong-un want. Trump wants a bold move that creates a long-term solution to a major foreign policy problem. He likes surprising critics, and he likes to think of himself as a great dealmaker. Kim Jong-un will be able to boast that his combination of provocations, threats, and outreach brought the president of the United States to the negotiating table. Tom Nichols, a pretty intense Trump critic, writes in USA Today ... Read More Top Stories The Big Tech Backlash Theodore Kupfer Cultural conservatives and social democrats find a common... Off the Shelf: What the Germans Knew Michael Brendan Dougherty Off the Shelf: What the Germans Knew ADVERTISEMENT Casting by Quota Jonah Goldberg Time to show the hypocrisy with which sanctimonious Hollywood... Three Out-of-the-Box Options on North Korea Nicholas Grossman How to make the best of... The Girls of Revolution Street, Waving Their Veils Annika Hernroth-Rothstein Brave Iranian women are risking their lives in the fight for freedom. We owe them our... Man of Steel Mona Charen Trump's tariffs reflect his preoccupation with heavy industry — and his failure to arrive at a basic understanding of economic... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left Roger Scruton "A masterpiece...[Scruton] neither ridicules nor abuses the writers he considers; he patiently deconstructs them...laying bare their warped assumptions and empty pretensions." — Barton Swaim, The Wall Street Journal LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: March 8th, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: March 7th, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.