Trump faces major messaging peril on North Korea summit

The global import and gravity of this week’s North Korea-United States summit in Singapore is clear. As for what success looks like? A completely different story.

From an international perspective, this is disappointing and possibly dangerous; from a communications standpoint, it was entirely self-inflicted. But like much of the external messaging from this administration, its inconsistency is fueling the miasma of polarization and uncertainty across media platforms – while also wearing out Americans of all political beliefs.