Prior to these series of negotiations and now during/after?
Personally, I’ve always held the opinion that all reason for Kim’s actions can be extrapolated from his schooling and educational history. The man’s a Swiss private school attendee with an open mind and the tenacity to act on his desire to rise to the top, even as the leader of an extremely impoverished country with colossal authoritarian systems in place.
Hats off for causing scenes, for scaring off the US, for looking more professional than them even though NK is the one illegally assembling weapon systems, and for being able to cause all this hype just to settle it and come out an international hero.
All of that without actually having to do anything but play with the ‘ignorant’ public through PR moves.