Kim Jong Un is in the nuclear drivers’ seat

Kim Jong Un is in the nuclear drivers’ seat: Donald Trump may have a bigger nuclear button than Kim Jong Un, but North Korea is driving events right now.While Kim and Trump’s back-and-forth is disturbing, their rhetoric is aimed at domestic audiences. And while we’ve focused on the threats and insults that these two leaders throw at each other, we’ve missed the larger story: namely, that the North Korean government holds the upper hand in its decades-old dispute with the United States and that since this summer — with only small exceptions — the U.S. and its allies have been reacting to North Korean policy. Kim Jong Un is shaping the conflict —...