The reality is that NK has played Trump by fluffing his ego. By making non-committal "desires" and by a few publicity stunts (eg exchanging family visits, done

The reality is that NK has played Trump by fluffing his ego. By making non-committal "desires" and by a few publicity stunts (eg exchanging family visits, done previously), NK has managed to a) defuse the tensions raised by their nuclear developments, b) continue to develop and hold their now nuclear-nation position, c) put the US administration in the position of having to "lose face" when negotiations fail, and d) now have "equal nation" status with the US in negotiations, completely defanging the 6 nation approach that has been the US policy for containment of NK.