Trump Wants Another Kim Summit — But This Time He'd Be Negotiating With a Bigger Arsenal
President Trump says he plans to meet Kim Jong-un before the end of 2026 — even as Pyongyang publicly denies the two leaders are in direct contact. That contradiction is the story. When the White House announces diplomacy the other side won't confirm, it tells you the meeting is being willed into existence from Washington, and it forces every US ally in Asia to start planning for outcomes they weren't consulted on.
Bottom Line
Trump's announcement is real intent, but not yet a real meeting — Pyongyang's public denial means the diplomatic groundwork either doesn't exist or is being deliberately hidden. The deeper issue isn't whether the two men shake hands again; it's that any 2026 summit starts from a weaker US position than 2018, because North Korea's program grew while diplomacy stalled. Watch whether Washington quietly retires the word 'denuclearization' — that single vocabulary change would signal the biggest US policy shift on Korea in three decades.