“If it doesn't happen, maybe it will happen later,” he said. It suggests Trump is reluctant to let this go. North Korea is the rare issue on which he has positive approval ratings. It could serve as vindication for Trump's much-criticized rhetoric about inflicting “fire and fury” on North Korea and “totally destroying” the country. But we have also seen a potential softening of the Trump administration's demand that North Korea turn over its nuclear weapons.

Source: Washington Post May 22, 2018 21:00 UTC