Trump shot himself in the foot by thinking he could go to the meetings and throw his weight around. He was pissed off because no one would kiss up to him, no one would delay meetings because he was late AND just about every world leader called him out.

-C!

For years the North Korean government has wanted the US to stop its military exercises with South Korean. It has described these war games as provocative.

Now, Trump says he is stopping these games. "I think it is very provocative."

The mind-trick didn't end there. He also threw in that the North Koreans are "so hard working, so industrious. I think if you look at South Korea, someday, maybe in the not-too-distant-future, it will be something like that."

Very reassuring for the South Koreans!

Trump also took the time to praise Kim Jong-Un. "He is very talented," going on to say that few people could take over "a situation like he did at 26 years of age and run it". Let us remember that Kim Jong-Un had members of his own family killed as part of running 'it'.

Established US allies, in the meantime, get less pleasant words. Trudeau is told that his words are obnoxious. The South Koreans are told they haven't been contributing enough financially to US war games in their region and, as mentioned already, that Trump sees them possibly remolded in the image of North Korea's society in the not-too-distant future.

Well, yes, because the Iran talks resulted in a 159-page comprehensive document with signatories from multiple nations that came after months of negotiations, while Trump’s last minute talks resulted in the same vague promises that North Korea has made and broken before, while throwing our long-term ally South Korea under the bus. But let’s pretend they’re the same thing. 

Physician, heal thyself.