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If President Donald Trump’s incendiary threats have actually frightened the “dear, respected comrade†Kim Jong-un to lay down his nuclear arsenal, he will deserve the Nobel Peace Prize his fans are demanding. But the suits in Oslo might want to hold off before awarding another premature Peace Prize to an American leader.One expects the press to swoon whenever a blood-drenched tyrant smiles and shakes hands with a democratic leader, and they played their part this time . . . . . . Perhaps it’s relief after the unsettling exchange of schoolyard insults and nuclear threats between Kim and Trump, but it seems that people are rushing to declare that something momentous has been achieved when we have no reason to believe that, yet.Even the most hawkish must always remain open to the possibility of real change in an adversary . . . It’s possible that Kim Jong-un is such a figure, but it is more likely that he is following in the well-worn path of his father and grandfather—fire off some missiles or attack South Korea’s military installations and then make solemn promises to reform. Cash check in the form of concessions from the West. Oh, and then cheat . . . . . . North Korea has been selling the same promise to denuclearize for 27 years, getting a good price every time.“Coming to the table†is not such a milestone for the North Koreans. It’s worked brilliantly for them. The question is whether our president, so fond of claiming victories, will understand that solemn promises from this regime are worthless.
