Biden team weighs North Korea policy as the era of Trump's 'love' letters with Kim ends

[DonViejo]

By Kylie Atwood, CNN

Updated 6:04 AM ET, Thu December 3, 2020

(CNN) - President-elect Joe Biden's foreign policy team will soon have access to the letters President Donald Trump exchanged with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, correspondence that belongs to the US government -- not Trump -- and could provide insight into one of the world's most enigmatic leaders.

"They may help paint a richer psychological portrait of Kim Jong Un and offer insight into his thinking, or at least his approach to his engagement with Donald Trump," said a source close to the transition, adding that the missives are known to be high on rhetoric -- Trump described them as "love" letters -- and much lower on substance.

As Biden has his team review the Trump-Kim letters, the latest intelligence and other information, he will face the same challenge Trump and all his predecessors have: A North Korea determined to continue advancing its nuclear program.

The difference: In the four years since Biden was in government, North Korea has more nuclear arms, better means of delivery and is that much more dangerous.

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[DonaldsRump]

1. Kim Jung Un took full advantage of the Dotard during these last 4 years

Trump was looking for a photo op and a PR victory to demonstrate how he, and no one else, could broker peace with NK. Instead, he wound up caving into Kim Jung Un at every turn, except when they were hurling puerile and petty insults at each other.

In other words, AFAIK, the US took several steps back with NK over these last 4 years, solely to placate Trump's narcissism at the expense of US and world security.