Showing posts with label Trump and Kim Jong-un. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trump and Kim Jong-un. Show all posts

Thursday, February 28, 2019

'Sometimes you have to walk away,'

Geoffe Earle and Chris Pleasance report in Daily Mail,
Donald Trump's talks with Kim Jong-un ended abruptly on Thursday as the president said he was forced to walk away after the North Korean dictator demanded that all sanctions be lifted in return for giving up only some of his nukes.

Trump said the final snag that caused the sudden breakdown was over sanctions – and Kim's push to have all of them lifted in exchange for a concession Trump and his secretary of state could not live with.

'Sometimes you have to walk away,' Trump told reporters at a press conference in Hanoi that was abruptly moved up after a breakdown in talks.

...A planned lunch meeting never happened, although a table was set with a floral centerpiece and menus folded inside napkins.

Reporters on hand to cover it were told to move to another location.

...There are sites that people don’t know about that we know about. We would be able to do inspections we think very, very successfully,' Trump said.
Read more here.

This reminds me of Reagan at Reykjavik!

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Trump will meet with Kim Jong-un in Singapore June 12

Fox News Insider reports,
President Trump's historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place June 12 in Singapore.

The president made the announcement on Twitter just hours after he welcomed home three American prisoners released by Pyongyang.

Trump -- along with first lady Melania Trump and Vice President Mike Pence -- met Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song and Tony Kim when they arrived at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland early Thursday.

Trump publicly thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for releasing the prisoners, and said it is a sign of easing tensions as the two get set to meet on denuclearization in a forthcoming summit.

After the president emerged from a plane with the three Americans, he addressed the media, saying, "I really think he [Kim Jong Un] wants to do something."