Saturday, June 9, 2018

President Trump: I'll Know If The Kim Summit Will Be Successful 'In The First Minute'



Daily Mail:
'I'm going on a mission of peace': Optimistic Trump jets out of the G7 summit early for historic summit with Kim Jong-un, and says the Korean leader has 'one shot' to show he's serious

* President Trump is flying out of Canada for Singapore on Saturday morning
* In an early morning speech, he spoke optimistically of his looming meeting
* The president said Jong-un had a rare opportunity to make his country 'great'
* Trump said he believed North Korea could become 'tremendous' in a short amount of time if Jong-un agrees to denuclearization
* He also said he would know within a 'minute' if Jong-un was serious or not
* In Singapore, there is already heightened security and an enormous police presence
* The country already boasts an impressively low crime rate and is lauded internationally for its safe streets

President Trump has departed the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Canada, and is on his way to Singapore where he will meet North Korean president Kim Jong-un later this week.

After trying to smooth over tensions with the six other leaders at the summit in Canada, Trump spoke optimistically about his looming meeting and said he believed it would go well.

'I will be on a mission of peace and will carry in my heart the hearts of millions of people, all over the world.

'We really think North Korea will be a tremendous place in a very short period of time and we appreciate everything that's going on.

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WNU Editor: President Trump should not be too quick to judge. This is the first time that U.S. and North Korean leaders are meeting .... there are going to be some "uncomfortable moments".

More News On The Trump - Kim Summit In Singapore

Trump says he has ‘clear objective’ for North Korea summit -- AP
Any agreement with North Korea will be 'spur of the moment': Trump -- Reuters
Trump: I'll know whether Kim summit will be successful 'in first minute' -- The Guardian
Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un's summit 'all systems go', Singapore's Foreign Minister says -- ABC News Online
Flight from Pyongyang lands in Singapore ahead of North Korean leader's arrival -- Reuters
Tightly-controlled Singapore rolls out tough summit security -- AFP

6 comments:

Unknown said...
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fred said...

Churchill needed you there to show him how to be manly!
Trump will take one look and lo! a treaty

Unknown said...
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fred said...

I can but read you when i am punch drunk. I liked Winston. He was often punch drunk too

Unknown said...
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fred said...

there are some few blessed folks who can drink up huge quantities of booze and carry on with what needs doing. Such was Edmund Wilson and Winston Churchill
I have often wonder what the difference was between being drunk and being punch drunk, esp if you are not drinking punch