Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump shake hands at a summit in Singapore in 2018. Images: PA
“If I had not been elected president of the United States, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with North Korea with potentially millions of people killed.” Even in announcing his summit with Kim Jong-un in Vietnam on 27-28 February to a cluster of TV news anchors, Donald Trump could not resist making the two leaders' follow-up encounter all about himself. Trump imagines that his relationship with Kim is a good one, the two sides have made progress, and this is owed above all to his unique deal-making abilities.
