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Jan. 24, 2023
Did Trump Really Teach ‘Rocket Man’ Kim Jong-un About Elton John? Trump and Pompeo’s claims about their 2018 meeting with the North Korean dictator don’t totally check out. But it’s still a good story.
By Margaret Hartmann
Not Now, North Korea Kim Jong-un tested a new and improved ICBM, but there’s already enough to worry about at the moment.
By Benjamin Hart
Trump Jokes About Starting a War Between Russia and China The former president told an audience of GOP donors that the U.S. should paint Chinese flags on American warplanes and bomb Russia.
By Chas Danner
The National Archives Had to Repossess Trump’s Mementos From Mar-a-Lago Now the “love letters” Kim Jong-un sent Trump belong to America, as they should.
By Chas Danner
Trump’s North Korea Peace Drive Is Over Two years after his first meeting with Trump, Kim Jong-un blew up — both literally and figuratively — any remaining hope for a diplomatic resolution.
By Heather Hurlburt
unsolved mysteries
May 1, 2020
Kim Jong-un Is Very Much Alive in Allegedly New Photos Rumors of the North Korean dictator’s demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated, according to state-media images of Kim at a fertilizer factory.
By Chas Danner
north korea
Apr. 21, 2020
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un Reportedly in ‘Grave Danger’ Following Surgery A U.S. intel source told CNN the 36-year-old leader’s health is in question, though information from the dictatorship is notoriously unreliable.
By Matt Stieb
Kim Jong-un Is Plotting a Not So Happy New Year North Korea failed to deliver on its ominous promise of a Christmas “gift” to the U.S., but it’s still preparing to ratchet up tensions in 2020.
By Heather Hurlburt
elections of 2019
Oct. 31, 2019
Republicans Going All-Out Red Scare in Off-Year Elections In Kentucky and even in the more moderate Virginia, Republicans are smearing all Democrats as terrifying socialists. It will get much worse next year.
By Ed Kilgore
fox news news
July 2, 2019
Fox Hosts: Of Course We’d Attack Obama and Praise Trump for Doing the Same Thing After lauding Trump’s trip to the DMZ to meet Kim Jong-un, hosts on The Five admitted they’d rip Obama if he’d done the same thing.
By Adam K. Raymond
foreign interests
July 1, 2019
Trump’s G20 Trip Was a Victory for Dictators At the summit, President Trump cemented his friendships with authoritarian leaders like Putin and Kim, while giving short shrift to democratic allies.
By Jonah Shepp
trumplomacy
June 30, 2019
What We Know About Trump’s DMZ Meeting With Kim Jong-un Trump met Kim, stepped into North Korea, and is now impatiently waiting for his Nobel Peace Prize.
By Chas Danner
North Korea Executes Five Officials for Failed U.S. Summit: Report The special envoy to the U.S. was reportedly executed on spying charges, and Mike Pompeo’s counterpart at the summit was sentenced to forced labor.
By Matt Stieb
international affairs
May 26, 2019
Trump Has to Remind John Bolton How Much He Likes Kim Jong-un Neither missile tests nor hawkish national security advisors will dissuade Trump from appreciating a foreign strongman’s Biden insults.
By Chas Danner
north korea
Apr. 25, 2019
Report: U.S. Agreed to Pay North Korea $2 Million for Otto Warmbier’s Care North Korea hit the U.S. with a bill prior to releasing the student, who died shortly after returning home.
By Adam K. Raymond
foreign policy
Apr. 13, 2019
Trump and Kim Tease Another Pointless Peace Summit Trump and his administration have gotten nowhere with North Korea since the last two times they got nowhere, but rematches make good television.
By Chas Danner
Trump Won’t Let U.S. Officials Come Between Him and Kim Jong-un Trump countered, and confused, his own administration by calling off new North Korea sanctions. If only our actual allies were treated so well.
By Heather Hurlburt
Trump Was Right to Walk Away From North Korea, But Kim Won’t Be Ignored Trump leaves Hanoi with no deal, but some cards left in his hand — though playing them just got much harder.
By Heather Hurlburt
Trump Lowered North Korea Summit Expectations — and Still Might Not Deliver Trump dropped his unrealistic promises of fast denuclearization, and could make real progress in Hanoi. The question is whether he can follow through.
By Heather Hurlburt
Trump Misses the Signs That North Korea’s Dictator Isn’t Really His Friend As Trump touted his diplomatic win, Kim Jong-un’s New Year’s speech made it clear that he wants more U.S. concessions, and isn’t ditching his nukes.
By Heather Hurlburt
north korea
Sept. 20, 2018
By Adam K. Raymond
north korea
Sept. 19, 2018
By Adam K. Raymond
international intrigue
Sept. 6, 2018
Kim Declares His ‘Faith’ in Trump, Who Offers an Enthusiastic Thanks North Korean denuclearization seems stalled, but at least these two are getting along.
By Adam K. Raymond
north korea
Aug. 21, 2018
U.N. Watchdog: North Korea Hasn’t Stopped Making Nukes But…but Trump said we didn’t have to worry about this anymore!
By Benjamin Hart
Trump Heaps Praise on Kim, Can’t Wait to See Him ‘Soon’ Despite questions over the American remains North Korea has sent back to the U.S., Trump couldn’t be happier with Kim.
By Adam K. Raymond
the national interest
Aug. 1, 2018
Trump’s Boast About Getting Fallen Heroes From Korea Is Collapsing Kim Jong-un isn’t denuclearizing, and he also isn’t returning the bodies of 200 U.S. servicemen. Other than that, it’s a great deal.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
July 12, 2018
Trump Still Pretending Fake North Korea Nuclear Deal Is Real Probably better than getting mad and starting a war, though.
By Jonathan Chait
Sheldon Adelson’s Fantasizing About Building Casinos in North Korea The billionaire casino mogul and Republican megadonor seems to be eyeing expansion in the world’s most isolated country.
By Adam K. Raymond
Kim Jong-un Blew Off Mike Pompeo to Visit a Potato Farm The North Korean leader was too busy looking over spuds and counting tractors to meet with Pompeo last weekend.
By Adam K. Raymond
North Korea Calls U.S. Diplomatic Posture ‘Regrettable’ It turns out that getting the country to discard its nukes probably won’t be so easy — shocking no one who has been paying attention.
By Benjamin Hart
Mike Pompeo Will Give Kim Jong-un Elton John’s ‘Rocket Man’ on CD In their first meeting, the North Korean dictator told Trump he hadn’t heard the song that inspired Trump’s nickname for Kim.
By Adam K. Raymond
this week in late night
June 15, 2018
This Week in Late Night: Trump Is Not The Bachelorette When Trump is compared to The Bachelorette , aren’t we kind of making a gay joke?
By Bethy Squires
the national interest
June 15, 2018
Trump: My People Should ‘Sit Up in Attention’ Like Kim Jong-un’s Staff “He’s the head of the country, and I mean he’s the strong head. He speaks and his people sit up in attention. I want my people to do the same.”
By Jonathan Chait
Trump’s North Korean Propaganda Reveals His Contempt for Democracy The White House’s cinematic pitch to Kim Jong-un doesn’t just exalt a murderous tyrant — it denigrates ordinary Americans and North Koreans alike.
By Eric Levitz
foreign policy
June 13, 2018
Some Questions Foreign Policy Experts Are Asking About the Trump-Kim Summit Before anyone declares victory, let’s try to establish some basic facts about what comes next …
By Heather Hurlburt
Donald Trump Praises Himself for Insulting Kim Jong-un “I think without the rhetoric we wouldn’t have been here.”
By Lisa Ryan
foreign policy
June 13, 2018
Trump and Kim Stir Confusion About What They Actually Agreed To North Korean media claims Trump agreed to lifting sanctions and “step-by-step” denuclearization. That’s not what the president said.
By Margaret Hartmann
Trump Suspends ‘Provocative’ War Games With South Korea At his summit with Kim Jong-un in Singapore, Trump announced that the U.S. will suspend such military exercises, as talks proceed.
By Eric Levitz
foreign policy
June 12, 2018
Everything That Happened at the Trump-Kim Meeting Featuring historic handshakes, a tour of the presidential limo, and a teary Dennis Rodman — but no detailed commitments on denuclearization.
By Margaret Hartmann
Trump Now Sounds Like a Fan of North Korean Repression “His country does love him. His people, you see the fervor.”
By Jonathan Chait
nuclear war
June 12, 2018
This Is What a Nuclear Attack in New York City Would Look Like If America is attacked, the strike probably won’t come from North Korea. And it will be even scarier than we imagine.
By The Editors
foreign policy
June 12, 2018
The Winners and Losers of President Trump’s Meeting With Kim Jong-un Both Trump and Kim benefitted personally, but diplomatic norms, and everything they’re meant to protect, took a hit.
By Heather Hurlburt
foreign policy
June 12, 2018
The Trump-Kim Summit Was a Great Photo Op, and Maybe Nothing More The meeting in Singapore fulfilled both men’s desires for respect and media attention, but the actual work lies ahead.
By Jonah Shepp
foreign policy
June 10, 2018
Trump Is Making Decline Great Again Six fundamental truths that Kim Jong-un and the rest of the world now know about Trump on the eve of the Singapore summit.
By Heather Hurlburt
Trump Says He’ll Know Outcome of North Korea Summit After One Minute North Korea’s Supreme Leader will be no match for President Trump’s supreme confidence.
By Chas Danner
Dennis Rodman Is Going to Singapore to Shill for a Marijuana Cryptocurrency The NBA legend and Kim’s “friend for life” is being sent to Singapore by a cryptocurrency for pot.
By Adam K. Raymond
foreign policy
June 8, 2018
Trump’s Plan to Wing It at North Korea Summit Is Already Going Poorly As he declared “attitude” beats prep work, aides made contradictory remarks that could potentially derail talks and undermine his goals.
By Jonah Shepp
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