Donald Trump’s midterm defeat dims hopes of North Korea meeting

A meeting between Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears increasingly unlikely when the U.S. president travels to Asia in November, analysts say, after he suffered a crushing midterm election defeat. Mr. Trump had said he “may” meet Mr. Kim this month and that it “would be exciting”, but appeared to backtrack in October, saying, “I don’t know… I’m not sure that anybody’s asking for a meeting,” while adding that his “relationship with Kim Jong Un is very good.” Mr. Trump’s focus on Mr. Kim and his scaling back of joint U.S.-South Korean military drills have alarmed…