Oh darn that diplomatic gamesmanship, would that the US actually used diplomats instead of the war-mongering sycophants of a Mighty Mango.
Oh wait, the US still doesn’t have a permanent South Korean ambassador, the main US liaison to North Korea retired in February, and the State Department’s top nuclear expert resigned last week.
The real goals remain. and peninsular Korean sovereignty might be more important than any non-Korean involvement, so this cancellation threat may be messaging for domestic consumption. It might also be a stunt in advance of the DPRK delegation visit to Beijing.
There’s the reality
And then there’s parody