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The Trump Administration is scrambling to prepare for a historic summit between the United States and North Korea, happening in just over two months.
Yet the specifics are still vague, including basic questions as to where the summit will be held, what will be discussed, what the U. S. is looking to gain and what it’s looking to potentially give up, according to The Washington Post.
The recent firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has complicated things further, as the departing CIA Director Mike Pompeo is pending confirmation by the Senate. Gen. H. R. McMaster is also on the outskirts of the Trump administration, and his potential replacement, John Bolton, has often fantasized about war with North Korea. Bolton recently penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed in which he argued for taking out the Kim Jong-un regime with a preemptive military strike.
Pompeo is also a hawkish ideologue and recently said the U. S. would make no concessions to the North Korean regime. Pompeo and the president have developed a relationship that is very much synchronized. So, while Trump’s willingness to meet with North Korea could be seen by some as a sign of crisis aversion, his other recent administrative moves have suggested he’s positioning for a more aggressive foreign policy in year two of his presidency.
