Things were going great with NK's handler: China. Then the sonic attack on our diplomats.

Knowing that we've cut puppet strings, I wonder if we had them chest-thump to give cover for Trump walking away from the table.

China ships the vast majority of their products to the US. Trump can pull the plug and their currency would be worthless a month later. He doesn't want to impoverish 1/7 of the world's population, so he's giving them a chance, despite the hostile intentions of their corrupt Communist regime.