Did Trump Summit Make a Major Move Toward Ending North Korean Nuclear Threat?

Curt Mills

“Anyone can make war, but only the courageous can make peace,” a triumphant President Donald Trump told a news conference Tuesday afternoon in Singapore.

A politician who prides himself on his deal-making ability has secured the biggest moment of his young presidency—the opening touches on a landmark deal with North Korea, and the beginning of detente with Kim Jong-un.

Only a half-year ago, the president was still calling Kim “rocketman”; this week, he toasted their “special bond.”

Polling shows this is popular.

In a survey conducted by the Charles Koch Institute and RealClearPolitics, 70 percent of Americans said the two leaders should meet. 81 percent of South Koreans said the two should meet.

A majority of Americans want U.S. troops to come home from the Korean Peninsula if certain objectives are achieved—namely, denuclearization.

“Americans and South Koreans support more peaceful approaches,” writes William Ruger on the survey.