Trump to meet South Korea's Moon amid signs that partnership is faltering on North Korea
Source: Washington Post
President Trump will meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House on Tuesday amid signs that his close partnership with Seoul in brokering a historic nuclear deal with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is faltering.
Moon’s top aides presented Trump in March with the invitation from Kim to hold the unprecedented summit, an offer Trump accepted on the spot. But Moon’s visit to Washington coincides with renewed tensions on the Korean Peninsula that have cast doubt on the fate of the meeting, scheduled to take place in Singapore next month.
Trump advisers have expressed alarm at Pyongyang’s hostile rhetoric and actions over the past week, questioning whether Kim is committed to pledges to seriously discuss denuclearization. The president, who spoke to Moon late Saturday, is expected to further press the South Korean leader on his views of Kim’s willingness to change course on his nuclear program, a White House official said.
“This time last week, Moon was coming here with the intention of trying to heavily script what Trump would do in his meeting with Kim,” said Victor Cha, who served as senior Asia director at the National Security Council in the George W. Bush administration. “Now, he’s coming here just to try to save the summit. The mission has really changed.”
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“This time last week, Moon was coming here with the intention of trying to heavily script what Trump would do in his meeting with Kim,” said Victor Cha...
No one, and I mean no one, can hold Trump's attention long enough to script anything he's supposed to say. Moon would think he groomed Trump to say exactly what needed to be said to Kim, and Trump would go off script immediately and start talking about the record size of the crowd at his inauguration. Then he'd start in on "crooked Hillary", and end up with Mueller's "witch hunt" and the "failing NY Times". 
Trump doesn't have the self control or intelligence to spell his wife's name correctly, and Moon thinks he can "script" Trump into saying the exact words needed to bring Kim back to the negotiating table? 
Like I said, good luck with that!
