{"id":6101,"date":"2019-07-16T08:30:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T22:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=6101"},"modified":"2020-05-14T15:19:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T05:19:42","slug":"on-legitimacy-trump-kim-and-us-north-korea-summitry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/on-legitimacy-trump-kim-and-us-north-korea-summitry\/","title":{"rendered":"On \u201clegitimacy\u201d: Trump, Kim, and US-North Korea summitry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concerns of a PR coup for the DPRK underestimate how crucial leader-to-leader diplomacy really is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You could hear the complaints almost before Trump and Kim&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/2019\/06\/north-korean-leader-meets-u-s-south-korean-presidents-at-panmunjom\/?c=1562045027110\">had turned back around to face southward.<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cMeeting the leader of North Korea like this just gives him legitimacy\u201d; \u201cThe U.S. President is legitimizing Kim Jong Un\u201d; \u201cKim gets legitimacy while Trump just gets a photo op,\u201d etc. etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This not-uncommon hot take has been rolled out before and after every Trump-Kim meeting. \u201cLegitimacy\u201d in these assertions might mean three things: one is dead wrong, one is slightly true, and the other is true.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main question is: \u201clegitimacy for what audience?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do these critics mean the domestic audience? 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