White house pulls out of korean summit
This will be a ploy... basing it on the pence comments
Trump had no choice but to walk away after the Pence comments and mostly because NoKo said something about meeting them on the battlefield nuke to nuke. It's unreasonable to try to meet face to face with someone who's still making those types of threats. He's calling their bluff, proving to them he has no problem walking away and showing them that they need this more than the US.
The North Korean summit was all directed by China as a negotiating tactic with the US. Notice how Kim started getting belligerent the past week or so, precisely when the talks with China began.
China thought Trump would give in if they threatened the summit, Trump just called their bluff.
It's called The Art Of the Deal. Kim is about to learn to respect us or he's going to learn about the hell that Bolton dreams about and the wrath that Mattis carries out.