Dealing with North Korea is nothing new. Past presidents have doled out their wisdom or lack of it for decades.
In 1994, President Clinton, taking a break from being the party animal, received reports from the CIA that North Korea had built or was building nuclear warheads, complete with threats of turning Japan and South Korea into a "sea of fire."
In a 'tough' response, Clinton sent the always self-anointed Jimmy Carter, our very own Neville Chamberlain, but with his empty suitcases, to Pyongyang to 'confront the threat.' Carter 'succeeded' by promising North Korea two new reactors and $5 billion in aid, all for a promise to not hurt us.