Donald Trump says he wants to sit down with Kim Jong Un again. Yet Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader's powerful sister, says she has no knowledge of any recent communication between her brother and the US President.
The mixed signals emerged this week as Trump doubled down on claims that Kim had responded to his overtures, even as he moved to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea. It is a familiar pattern from Trump's first term, when personal diplomacy with Kim dominated headlines. This time, however, North Korea's nuclear capabilities have expanded considerably, raising fresh questions about what another Trump-Kim summit could achieve.
