“At this time” signals this document is partly a negotiating tactic — to win a meeting later, after a period of North Korean silence. This is a return to the my-button-is-bigger-than-your-button rhetoric that typified the early days of relations between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim. I felt a wonderful dialogue was building up between you and me, and ultimately, it is only that dialogue that matters. This acknowledges Mr. Kim’s humanitarian gesture — and makes no mention of the thousands of Koreans in North Korean gulags. Here Mr. Trump is putting the ball in Mr. Kim’s court.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2018 14:06 UTC