People who shit on Trump for "elevating north Korea" don't understand what he's doing. He's building up Kim's confidence in his own country. He glowingly talks about the beautiful land. He says it's an honor to set foot on their soil. The North Korean media reports this with exuberance, making its people proud of their nation in its current state.
Not proud of their nukes, but proud of how their country is garnering praise for its natural merits. This is an EXTREMELY important step to denuclearize, because the Kim regime cannot simply abandon their nuclear aspirations without replacing it with something else of equal or great value - respect.
The idea here seems to be, over time, to build up Kim and the North Korean peoples' confidence to the point where they begin to feel that they do not need nuclear weapons.