@Concerned Your working experience may have been valuable in many ways but your logic on this particular matter is flawed.
You cannot succeed unless you try. You cannot try if you are too afraid of failing to even try.
Trump is trying to resolve the situation with a mad dictator. That is a good thing and deserves a little respect.
@Emjay I believe Jimmy Carter "tried" to be a good President. He failed because he didn't get results. Of course Trump is "trying to resolve the situation with a mad dictator". I would argue that other President "tried" also: Clinton negotiated and put into place the "Agreed Framework"; Bush suspended the Clinton agreement, instituted "6 Party Talks, and established a "dismantle first, talk later†policy; Obama offered to negotiate with North Korea during his inauguration speech, having seen Bush's tough talk fail, he switched to "strategic patience", the Obama Administration also got the UN Security Council to place tougher sanctions on North Korea. You act as though no other President has ever "tried" to solve this problem. That is absolute nonsense. They "tried", but they FAILED because they didn't get results. Most just don't celebrate "trying".
I believe most stakeholders care about results not trying. We don't reward the losing team from the Super Bowl because they "tried to win". Board members and shareholders don't reward CEOs for "trying" to add shareholder value, and I contend most people (beyond the sycophants) don't simply respect a President for "trying to solve a problem". I think most of us expect actual results from our Presidents not just effort. As I've said, if Trump gets North Korea to denuke and gets access to the entire country for inspectors, I'll gladly give the President all the credit in the world. Unfortunately, we aren't there yet.
Leadership is a subject that is near and dear to my heart. Fortunately, it's also something about which I've had a little bit of experience. This concept that "real leadership" is just about "trying" is utter nonsense IMO. It flies in the face of every leadership course I've ever seen. We may reward junior folks for effort and trying, but once you reach a certain level, I think most stakeholders expect results from their leaders. You and I will never agree on this, but I think most people (e.g., sports fans, shareholders, voters) in the "real world" agree with me: leadership is about results. Have a nice day though.