Scott Snyder on Trump’s Turn Back to Kim Jong Un

KEI President and CEO Scott Snyder spoke with The New York Times about President Donald Trump’s renewed outreach to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his use of the security relationship as leverage over Seoul.

“Trump defaults back to the complaint about South Korean free-riding … and he uses the security relationship as a lever to put more pressure on the South Korean government,” President Snyder says.

Read the full article, “Facing Quagmire in Iran, Trump Turns to a Familiar Face: North Korea’s Kim Jong-un,” published August 17, 2026, by clicking here.

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