The following article is a column by Dennis Halpin, a former foreign service officer and senior Congressional staff and current consultant on Asian issues. Views expressed in opinion articles and columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.

Joe Biden is just one day away from walking into the White House as the president of the United States, but don’t expect Trump’s overseas authoritarian pals — including North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — to be celebrating.

Kim used Trump to break out onto the world stage of international diplomacy. Singapore, Hanoi and Panmunjom