Comment: Faux history is trotted out to support a predetermined narrative once again. The Cuban missile crisis was in response to the USA's plans to put nuclear weapons in Turkey, right in the USSR's backyard, not in response to the Bag of Pigs invasion. Though no doubt that played a role in Cuba's eagerness to go along.

So why not say that Khrushchev and Kennedy reached a mutual understanding rather than give Kennedy all the credit. 

And why mention Chrystia Freeland at all, she has no influence in North Korea. Dennis Rodman has a better reputation as an honest broker than anyone in Canadian Foreign Affairs.