Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has boasted of ending either six or seven wars — a matter of much dispute — and has been pushing with mixed success to bring peace to Ukraine.

One hotspot not yet on his second-term radar has been North Korea, despite Trump’s unusually personal diplomacy during his first term when he met leader Kim Jong Un.

Trump could find a chance to pivot on Monday as he welcomes to the White House South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung, an advocate of outreach with the North.

Trump, who did not secure a deal on Ukraine during an August 15 summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has an “appetite for big news,” said Victor Cha, a top advisor on Asia to former president George W. Bush.

“Having the Alaska summit not go as wel

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