My guess? The cabal is trying to rally their Asian partners into supporting them, while they're under the withering fire of /ourguys/. Asians are spooked. Trump is starting to look unstoppable, regardless of what Hussein and Kerry are telling them. NK, long the Potempkin boogeyman of international relations, is actually starring a real war in the face (POTUS has had major pieces moving into place in preparation for months) and realizing that Jimmy Carter isn't going to save their hash, this time. Nor is Hussein going to pop up and be able to play "the Great Peacemaker" and negotiate a deal. (I'm guessing he was promised a shot at the UN Sec Gen after being pumped with the Nobel . . . no more). Trump won't negotiate with Hussein, so that's out.
Now Kim is sitting there, realizing he's going to be going to war with a 1950s army, 1960s rockets, and 1940s nukes. And no one willing to come bail him out. His regime is so poor they can't even afford to test fire new rockets. I doubt more than half of their existing ballistic missiles have fuel or warheads (just a guess).
NK is screwed. Kim knows it. POTUS knows it. China knows it. Russia knows it. If Trump pushes things into a war, eliminating the cabal's Big Bad hole card, the whole game comes tumbling down. No doubt Kim is starting to get cold feet.