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Alexandra Petri: Why, Kim Jong Un, why?

Donald Trump had high hopes for the summit. It would have been perfect. We were going to emerge from that summit with not just peace in our time, but peace for all time. Donald Trump is, as he has repeatedly stated, a masterful diplomat — like a Jared Kushner but with decades of experience. There is a reason he left making peace in the Middle East to his young protege; he wanted a challenge. He alone could have done it, and he would have done it effortlessly.

Some said that the hopes for this summit were too high.