The Gist

North Korea Is Setting the Table    

And we should be worried that president Trump will have a seat and be himself.

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A South Korean soldier walks past a TV screen showing pictures of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at a railway station in Seoul on Friday.

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On The Gist, if sitting down with North Korea wasn’t a good idea for past U.S. presidents, how is it a good idea for our current one?    

In the interview, Slate’s Fred Kaplan and former Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson are both cautiously optimistic about upcoming negotiations between Trump and Kim Jong-un.

In the Spiel, some miscellaneous (positive!) news.

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