CNN national security contributor Samantha Vinograd deserves respect for her service in Iraq and on the National Security Council. That said, Vinograd’s latest assessment of the North Korea situation makes three mistakes.

Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Vinograd began by suggesting that Kim Jong Un is playing President Trump. Trump’s kindness towards Kim, Vinograd says, sends the North Korean leader the message “that he can continue to get away with murder, and with continuing to advance his nuclear program because Trump continues to laud him.”