There are 3 potential outcomes of the Trump-Kim summit. None are good.

Sometimes there's just no way to win. This is one of those times.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un.
(Image credit: Illustrated | South Korean Presidential Blue House via Getty Images, SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images, JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images, Tatomm/iStock, malija/iStock)

Sometimes there's just no way to win.

President Trump's Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is one of those times.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.