Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   OK Trumpistas Date:   7/7/2018 5:53:22 PM

Once I waded through your prose to understand what you are asking - I think both.  North Korea is not going to want to be seen as a push over especially to their people,  and the Americans are wanting to show progress, which they are.  Just the fact that they are meeting is progress for the Americans.  

In international negotiations, you will rarely hear both sides say it is going great.  I have seen times when meetings when horrible, and in my case, Israel released a press statement saying that everything was great and they were getting what they wanted.  

Negotiations are not going to be easy with North Korea (and I was just saying to my DH that I am glad not to be on that negotiation team).  They will be stubborn and hard nosed - don't forget that they as Asians have been negotiating for thousands of years, but on our side, only a few hundred.  They will try to embarass our side publicly every chance they get.  And I predict that in the end, we will concede to giving them food and they won't ever denuke, because really, why would they?  They are a totally paranoid country.