Trump Gambles on Kim Meeting, Predicts It'll Go ‘Very Well’
- President’s North Korean summit will demand unfamiliar traits
- Trump tweets that China’s Xi appreciates the U.S. efforts
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President Donald Trump will need to adopt an unfamiliar set of traits -- patience, persistence, clear goals and conditions -- and be prepared to walk away when he meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, people who have negotiated with Kim’s regime say.
Trump’s apparently impromptu decision to begin setting up talks contrasts with Kim’s situation -- North Korea has prepared deliberately for decades for a meeting with the sitting U.S. president as a major step toward gaining international legitimacy.