Yes they got a phot op with the president. I'm sure that made them happy but it doesn't change their position in any real measurable way. North Korea is on an unsustainable path and it is just a question of time and method before things change there. So far all we have heard form the Trump critics on North Korea is that we need diplomacy to solve the problem, No wait diplomacy won't work North Korea can't be trusted so lets publish some unflattering pictures of Trump.
This starting to remind of the surge in Iraq where the media is emotionally unable to accept the reality of the situation. The surge worked and Trump has accomplished more than anything that has happened there in the last twenty years.