On Sunday, President Trump tweeted that the lack of nuclear missiles on display during North Korea’s Foundation Day parade was a good sign adding, “There is nothing like good dialogue from two people that like each other!”

Setting aside the obvious problems with the president of the United States “liking” the North Korean dictator responsible for enslaving his own people and threatening the world with nuclear weapons, Trump’s claims to historic progress on a nuclear deal are impossibly naive and display historical ignorance. Here’s a look at past attempts at deals and their lessons:

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