"He knows he faces pressure on a lot of fronts, and he certainly is primarily focused on the national security imperatives of this, but he was also saying he thinks this could offset some of the negative stuff coming out of the Russia investigation," said a friend who has discussed North Korea with Trump in recent weeks. "His thinking was basically: 'If I can save the world from a nuclear North Korea, who's going vote against me?'"

Source: Los Angeles Times May 25, 2018 10:42 UTC