Both failed to blunt North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, but where they have fallen short, Trump believes his more un­or­tho­dox approach can achieve success. Some Democrats have offered Trump modest praise for taking on more risk in his North Korea strategy. “Missiles and nuclear weapons pointing at South Korea, artillery, conventional weapons. “Typical Trump,” said Christopher R. Hill, who led the U.S. delegation in the six-party talks with North Korea during the Bush administration. “Those are the scaffolding that they are building leading up to the North Korea-U.S. summit,” Pak said.

Source: Washington Post April 20, 2018 20:06 UTC