A powerful, animating ego is a prerequisite to success among national politicians, but US President Donald Trump takes self-confidence—and the blinders that come with it—to unprecedented heights. Characteristic of his drive and ambition is his claim at the Republican National Convention, after securing the party’s nomination to be its 2016 presidential candidate: “Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.”¹ After two years in office, Trump has lost no faith in his singular ability to remedy the problems that perplexed his predecessors and bedevil his country. Most objective assessments of Trump’s record differ from that of the president. When it comes to dealing with North Korea, however, Trump’s assertion of his own unique abilities may be more correct than many give him credit.

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