Trump’s great victory on North Korea was on full display at its big military parade

pulse 14:06 - 10 September 2018

So even though Trump has failed to even loosen a screw on a single North Korean nuclear weapon, he's demonstrably sidelined the nuclear issue and presided over an unprecedented pause in missile testing.

President Donald Trump's great achievement in diplomacy with North Korea went on full display on Sunday, when Pyongyang hosted a massive military parade with no nuclear missiles — something that the past administration suspected would bring the two countries to war.

At no point did North Korea display any nuclear weapons or nuclear related imagery, instead switching to slogans and parade floats focused on economic growth.

Trump, who maintains and publicizes warm relations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, thanked Kim for leaving the nuclear missiles parked, calling the parade "

Trump has also referred to a warning given to him by former President Barack Obama about North Korea: "Before taking office people were assuming that we were going to War with North Korea. President Obama said that North Korea was our biggest and most dangerous problem. No longer - sleep well tonight!" Trump tweeted after meeting Kim in Singapore.

Much of Trump's foreign policy holds the general public as the target audience, rather than arms control experts. Trump didn't make North Korea's nuclear weapons go away, but he made the immediate danger they pose to the US take a hike for now.