‘Tit for tat’: Why is Trump cozying up to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un again?

US President Donald Trump has again praised the leader of nuclear-armed North Korea while rebuking key ally Seoul for failing to help Washington fight Iran, reigniting one of the most contentious diplomatic issues from his first term.Trump said on Monday that North Korea leader Kim Jong Un had responded to his recent overtures with a “very positive” exchange, a day after he ordered the Pentagon to scale back military drills with South Korea designed to prepare for a possible war with Pyongyang.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Why did Trump scale back war games with South Korea?list 2 of 3Trump says talking to North Korea’s Kim makes the south saferlist 3 of 3‘Very positive’: Trump says Kim Jong Un has responded to his overturesend of listThe US president said his ties with Kim, whom he met three times during his first term, made the Korean Peninsula “much safer”. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Trump was pushing aides to arrange a meeting with Kim as soon as this autumn, ahead of the midterm elections on November 3.Analysts say a summit with Kim, irrespective of its outcome, would be a useful feather on Trump’s cap, particularly as Washington’s unpopul...