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Trump’s Quick Agreement to Meeting Kim Jong Un Was a Surprise, Diplomat Says

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Jennifer A Dlouhy and

Andrew M Harris

March 18, 2018, 4:33 PM UTC

U.S. President Donald Trump’s immediate willingness to meet Kim Jong Un for nuclear talks likely caught the North Korean leader by surprise, forcing him to consider his position before responding publicly, the South Korean foreign minister said.

“We were all quite surprised by the readiness of that decision,” South Korea’s Kang Kyung-wha said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday. “It was an extremely courageous decision on the part of President Trump. We believe the North Korean leader is now taking stock.”