Trump Pursues New Kim Summit Amid North Korea's Military Gains

Trump wants aides to arrange a Kim Jong Un meeting by autumn 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported. Kim responded "very positively." Since their 2018–2019 summits yielded no denuclearization — meaning no dismantling of nuclear weapons — Pyongyang has grown its arsenal and partnered with Russia, supplying matériel for the Ukraine war. That Russia tie didn't exist during the first meetings.