The big show in the border zone clearly will not bring peace or a North Korea that is free of nuclear weapons.
Trump has praised, expressed admiration for, and invited to the White House rulers of the worst kind.
Trump is fascinated with despots and would love to be one of them.
Outrage has flooded in from the Democrats, civilian groups, and citizens on social networks who are condemning North Korea.
North Korea has set an example of unscrupulousness and inhumanity that is difficult to outdo.
A young American's fate becomes a metaphor, a kind of symbol, of a big story about thousands of nameless statistics locked up and oppressed in North Korea. They are voiceless. But Otto Warmbier speaks of their suffering from his grave.