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100 days in, North Korea appears further than ever from Trump’s priorities

With the US president focused on Ukraine and China, experts say he may be increasingly open to status quo with Pyongyang

The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second stint in the White House has been defined by frenzied activity aimed at overhauling U.S. policies at home and abroad, but one of the biggest areas of focus from his first term has been conspicuously absent — North Korea.

In the early months of his presidency, Trump has sought to leave his stamp on how the U.S. does things with 144 executive orders — more than any other U.S. president in the same time period — as well as a host of other actions.

On the foreign policy front, much of