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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday,

June 7th. I'm Dorothy Wickendon, executive editor of The New Yorker. Next Tuesday, President Trump

meets in Singapore with Kim Jong-un. After the two leaders' sophomoric name-calling and mutual

ominous threats of nuclear conflagration early

in the Trump administration, Trump tried the opposite tack of flattering Kim.

We're having very good discussions. Kim John Oung was, he really has been very open, and I think very honorable from everything we're seeing.

Now, a lot of promises have been made by North Korea over the years, but they've never been

in this position.

Trump then called off the summit before changing his mind again when Kim indicated he was still willing to talk.

Evan Osnose joins me to discuss what Kim Jong-un really wants from the summit and how his rapid diplomatic maneuvering has gotten the U.S., South Korea, and China, more or less where he wants them to be, recognizing him as a wily

power broker in Northeast Asia. Evan, welcome. Thanks, Dorothy. This September will mark

the 70th anniversary of the founding of North Korea under Kim Jong-un's grandfather. In recent months, as these two very volatile

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