You read that right. In fact, a team is over there now to get things set up.President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the plan for a June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore "hasn't changed" and is "moving along very nicely."
Politico
Whaaaaaat? Whatever meeting he's talking about, they probably didn't tell him where it's being held. He can't keep anything to himself.Trump in his Saturday evening remarks also hinted at additional meetings “going on as we speak in a certain location which I won’t name, like the location, it’s not very far from here.”
How many days ago did he write that letter cancelling the meeting? Two?Trump has in recent months reversed course from his early escalation of tensions with North Korea – referring to Kim as “Little Rocket Man” – and instead sought to be a peacemaker on the Korean peninsula. He abruptly agreed to the June 12 meeting in March during a visit from South Korean officials, surprising his own top aides and sparking talk of a Nobel peace prize.
Thursday’s abrupt cancellation, in the wake of a no-show by North Korea for a planning meeting in Singapore, has been followed by a series of conciliatory remarks from Trump.
“We’ll see what happens,” he said Friday as he departed for the Naval Academy graduation ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland. “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. We’ll see what happens.”
Therefore, please let this letter serve to represent that the Singapore summit, for the good of both parties, but to the detriment of the world, will not take place. [...] This missed opportunity is a truly sad moment in history.Apparently somebody reminded him that his bid for a Nobel Peace Prize would take a dive and that they'd already minted the congratulatory coin.
Great.In in White House remarks late Saturday, Trump added: "I think people want to see if we can get the meeting and get something done. We got that done and we can be successful in the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, that would be a great thing for North Korea, it would be a great thing for South Korea, it would be great for Japan, it would be great for the world, it would be great for the United States, it would be great for China."
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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