User blog comment:MysteriousPerson007/Did the world just avoid WW3?/@comment-33706373-20180425181103/@comment-34423308-20180425181625

NK is very unpredictable, and it's probable this is just another ploy

However, NK is becoming desperate; sanctions are starting to take their toll on NK and China's support seems to be weakening

Rememberx it's possible that NK's nukes aren't truly for self-defence. Kim may see them as possible bargaining chips to lessen the West's pressure on them

Kim saw what happened to Hussein, and he wants to avoid such fate as long as possible

And one way to do that is bribe the US with nukes.