Let me try this in words you might understand -- the words of
Ben Shapiro:
"It seems never to have occurred to Trump that while he was trying to flatter Kim into giving up the only factor maintaining Kim’s power – his nuclear program – Kim was simultaneously trying to stroke Trump’s ego to get him to give him concessions. And it worked. To this point, Kim has offered no real concessions; Trump has now met with the world’s worst dictator twice, cancelled a joint US-South Korean naval exercise, and now explained that he takes Kim at his word that he didn’t know about the North Korean regime’s murder of American citizen Otto Warmbier – even though Trump himself hosted Warmbier’s family at the 2018 State of the Union Address, where he talked about the “ominous nature of this regime.”
"It was a pathetic moment. And Trump’s strategy, which would only have been worth it if the United States had received
something in return, has been exposed for the pathetic play-acting it always was."
Trump Was Right To Walk Away From The Table. But His Overall North Korean Strategy Is A Debacle.