One helps him do the other.  The opposition here at home looks more and more villainous and petty by the day. North Korea was the problem child the MSM and past presidents / politicians used to scare us as uncontrolled, unstable, unfathomable and with no solution that wasn't soaked in blood and ravaged by fire. By solving it peacefully he becomes. President greater than all the rest.  A hero for the world for saving us from the promised nuclear winter after NK dragged us and China and the rest of the world into WWIII.  A false boogy man no doubt.  Thus he turned their own paper tiger game against them. Now when they try to demean him and thwart him it's evil and selfish anti-American antagonists vs Peacemaker POTUS Trump.  He has flipped their script.