The most disappointing thing about this isn’t that Trump has agreed to meet with North Korea or that his Administration is playing this up as some sort of victory, it’s how the media is covering it.

The media has literally covered the situation on the Korean peninsula for decades. One would think that at this point, they would have developed at least a miniscule amount of expertise on the subject, or be able to dig a file out of a cabinet or laptop somewhere that outlined the basic playbook used by previous administrations.

The big story here is that Trump has agreed to meet with NK which breaks with the US position held by at least the last 4 administrations that direct talks not take place until North Korea gave up its nuclear ambitions. The media chatter should be focused around that. Whether it’s a good thing, bad thing, likely repercussions, etc. If they feel the need to tongue bathe Trump, they could praise his boldness in breaking with past administrations and bringing his huuuuge deal making expertise into play.

Instead, the pundits are gibbering about whether NK wanting a meeting is some huge win for Trump and a validation of his tough guy act. Any expert brought on has to spend a big chunk of their time cutting through that BS before they can even begin discussing the implications of Trump agreeing to this meeting.