The North Korea summit is off. What a surprise. And there goes that much-hyped peace prize.

I heard a commentator say this morning that Donald Trump was walking into a trap and I agree with that. A trap set by Kim. Another commentator also said that Kim had the upper hand which I also agree with.

Trump jumped in too soon. I said it at the time. The Koreans have offered summits for the past 70 years, but American Presidents have always turned them down unless North Korea made changes first. Trump lost his mojo with the summit offer, and he appears to have realised it.

In all the talk today, one word has been missing and that word is China. They’re the real power brokers here. Kim has been to Beijing twice this year and stopped his threats when China turned off the energy tap at the beginning of the year.

So, what does China want? They want stability. They want North Korea as a buffer so they don’t have America on their border. Meanwhile, what does America want? They want Kim gone and his people liberated, and free. And what does Kim want? Well, he certainly doesn’t want to end up like Gaddafi.

We have got a long way to go to find an acceptable answer for all the parties.