What if United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un really do make a deal?
There is plenty of reason for scepticism. Why would Mr Kim surrender the nuclear weapons programme he has worked so hard to expand? Why would the US withdraw its 28,500 troops? How can Mr Kim build a sustainable North Korean economy that relieves him of the need to blackmail his way to financial help? There are other unanswered questions.
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