Kim and Trump can usher in an era of peace and prosperity

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump tweeted, "Meeting in Singapore with North Korea will hopefully be the start of something big ... we will soon see!"

By giving a specific time - 9 am - for the planned June 12 summit between Trump and Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore, the White House seems intent on following through on the historic summit.

However impulsive Trump may have been when he agreed in early March to the summit, he has now come to realize that the anticipated one-on-one with Kim is just the beginning of the "process" of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, meaning rapid denuclearization is unlikely.