Morning Jolt: Negotiating with North Korea Isn’t a Walk in the Park

Making the click-through worthwhile: What President Trump can expect when he meets with North Korea's Kim Jong-un; the New York Times takes a swing at Devin Nunes and misses; the increasingly insufferable White House Correspondents' Dinner; and the steadfast refusal to embrace a single standard for public discourse, and a slew of important bits of political news.

What to Expect When You Sit Across the Table from North Korea

It seems like every day now brings some once-unimaginable statement of goodwill from North Korea's Kim Jong-un. It's difficult to trust that regime, but like the old poster on The X-Files said, "I want to believe."*

Keeping diplomatic developments coming at a head-snapping pace, the South Korean government said on Sunday that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, had told President Moon Jae-in that he would abandon his nuclear weapons if the United States agreed to formally end the Korean War and promise not to invade his country.

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Negotiating with North Korea Isn't a Walk in the Park Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: What President Trump can expect when he meets with North Korea's Kim Jong-un; the New York Times takes a swing at Devin Nunes and misses; the increasingly insufferable White House Correspondents' Dinner; and the steadfast refusal to embrace a single standard for public discourse, and a slew of important bits of political news. What to Expect When You Sit Across the Table from North Korea It seems like every day now brings some once-unimaginable statement of goodwill from North Korea's Kim Jong-un. It's difficult to trust that regime, but like the old poster on The X-Files said, "I want to believe."* Keeping diplomatic developments coming at a head-snapping pace, the South Korean government said on Sunday that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, had told President Moon Jae-in that he would abandon his nuclear weapons if the United States agreed to formally end the Korean War and promise not to invade his country. Want to know what to expect from a Trump-Kim summit, and ... Read More Top Stories Why Push Back on Iran? Kenneth M. Pollack Iran treats us as an adversary, and... Americans Complain about Washington but Won't Inform Themselves about It Jay Cost Americans Complain about Washington but Won't Inform Themselves about It ADVERTISEMENT In His Summit with Kim, Trump Should Apply the Lessons from Libya Robert Joseph If we are going to have any success in future negotiations, we must learn from past failures and past... Slow Death of the Train to Nowhere John Fund Mounting problems may end high-speed rail projects in California and... Even Liberals Decry the White House Correspondents Dinner Fiasco Kyle Smith Michelle Wolf threw the pin at Sanders and Trump, held on to the grenade, and the thing blew up in her... Beware 'Conservative' Celebrities J. J. McCullough The Right is far too desperate to appear young and... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy Jonah Goldberg "Begins with a compelling thesis, expounds it with massive evidence, and led me to a new and deeper understanding of our predicament. And yet I found myself reading the book for fun. How is it possible with a book this serious? Jonah Goldberg is that good." — Charles Murray, author of Coming Apart LEARN MORE Photo Essays Photoshop of the Day: April 30th-May 4th Cartoons of the Day: April 30, 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.