Gordon Chang: Trump Gives Up a Lot of Leverage as Soon as He Shakes Hands with Kim

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CHANG: "Certainly Kim wants the photographs of him shaking hands with President Trump because that’s legitimate is a and even more important, that means he solidifies his rule at home. We are going to see those pictures of Trump and Kim for decades in North Korea. President Trump gives up a lot of leverage as soon as he shakes hands with Kim and that means if he doesn’t get firm commitments to dismantle the weapons programs than we are going to be working uphill. We can do that because we’ve got a lot of leverage but it nonetheless puts? In the driver’s seat, at least for a little while."