Reuters: On again? Trump says still chance of June 12 North Korea summit
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump dangled the possibility on Friday that a June 12 summit with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un could still take place, just a day after he canceled the meeting citing Pyongyang’s “open hostility.”
Trump indicated the summit could be salvaged after welcoming a conciliatory statement from North Korea saying it remained open to talks.
“It was a very nice statement they put out,” Trump said as he left the White House to deliver a commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy. “We’ll see what happens - it could even be the 12th.
“We’re talking to them now. They very much want to do it. We’d like to do it.”
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WNU Editor: The summit is not back on. The only way that President Trump will agree to a summit is if the North Koreans make major concessions on their nuclear weapons and missile programs, and they then start to implement them. For the U.S. this is the number one issue .... but for the North Koreans (if their latest public announcements are any indication) this is not even negotiable. In view of these non-negotiable differences .... I do not see how a summit can bring any benefits. So why the remarks from President Trump? My guess is that he is trolling those who want a summit irregardless on what has just happened ... a tactic that he has used more than once on a number of issues before.
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