INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL NEWS – AT 1:26 P.M. ET:  An American team is now on the Korean peninsula, planning for the possible upcoming summit between Rocket Man and President Trump.  From Yonhap (South Korea): 

SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) -- A group of U.S. officials crossed the inter-Korean border to North Korea on Sunday for talks to prepare for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and the North's leader Kim Jong-un, a report said.

Sung Kim, a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea and ex-nuclear negotiator, led the U.S. team for working-level talks with North Korea, The Washington Post reported.

The former ambassador crossed the border to meet with Choe Son-hui, North Korea's vice foreign minister, who prompted Trump on Thursday to announce the cancellation of a summit with Kim scheduled for June 12 in Singapore, the report said.

The U.S. team also included Allison Hooker, director for Korea on the White House National Security Council, and Randall Schriver, the assistant secretary of defense for East Asia.

The move came one day after South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North's leader held a surprise second summit on the northern side of Panmunjom, the second meeting in a month.

At the summit, Kim reaffirmed his willingness to denuclearize and hold a summit with Trump, Moon said Sunday.

Trump said Saturday that he is still considering meeting with Kim on June 12 as originally planned.

COMMENT:  All the uncertainty, moans the press.  Why can't Trump keep a neat and orderly calendar, like Obama?  Why can't he just surrender in advance, like Obama?  Things would be so easy, and we can report from the hotel.

But Trump is Trump.  His withdrawal from the summit earlier in the week clearly scared the daylights out of the Norks, prompting the sudden meeting between the North and South Korean leaders.  Now everyone is putting the pieces back together...with the Norks clearly warned that the U.S. has a president who is tough, not easily predictable, and one who will defend his country.  The Norks want this summit.  Their lives may depend on it.

May 27,  2018