Article snippet: MORE suffered a significant blow on Thursday when his nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unexpectedly collapsed. Trump traveled halfway around the world to Vietnam on a mission to broker a historic nuclear accord with Kim, with whom he has spent more than a year building a personal relationship in order to deliver on his No. 1 foreign policy goal of ridding North Korea of nuclear weapons. Instead, the self-styled negotiator in chief left the two-day summit with no deal after failing to persuade the North Korean strongman to commit to surrendering his arsenal. It all happened in the middle of the night for most Americans, who awoke the morning after a day of riveting testimony on Capitol Hill by Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen to learn about the collapse of the summit. A success with Kim would have allowed Trump to change the narrative after a difficult day. Instead, he had to deal with Cohen fallout that was now coupled with disappointment in Vietnam. A visibly subdued Trump sought to explain the result during a press conference in Hanoi, which was moved up two hours after a prescheduled working luncheon and joint signing ceremony were suddenly canceled. “Sometimes you have to walk, and this was just one of those times,” Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One en route back to Washington. Trump did earn a modicum of praise from regional experts who feared he might accept a bad deal in order to secure a much-needed politi... Link to the full article to read more