While Trump shafts the EU, Kim shafts the US

North Korean officials did not turn up to a Thursday meeting with the U.S. military about repatriating the remains of the war dead, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the situation.

The two sides had been expected to meet at the Korean Peninsula’s demilitarized zone and discuss the return of U.S. troop remains from the 1950-1953 war — an arrangement the State Department had announced after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Pyongyang last Friday and Saturday.

On Thursday, however, Department of Defense and United Nations Command officials were left waiting in the DMZ’s Joint Security Area. The expected North Korean officials never arrived.

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In a statement released to reporters on Thursday, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said that North Korean military officials were now seeking a meeting with their U.S. counterparts on July 15.

It was not immediately clear why North Korean officials did not attend the meeting on Thursday or whether they had ever confirmed their intention to.

Ahead of the summit in Singapore, North Korean officials had failed to attend a planning meeting with their U.S. counterparts, causing tension between the two negotiating partners.

  Chicago Tribune

No matter.  Trump has already claimed success with North Korea.  He's on to other things now.

And don't think Putin won't shaft him, too. A Russian official already signaled disdain for Trump,  publicly stating disagreement with Trump's treatment of Ecuador at the G7 summit.



...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.