Trump Casts Doubt on North Korea Summit in Meeting With Moon

‘If it doesn’t happen, maybe it will happen later,’ Trump says
Remarks follow Pyongyang complaints over military exercises

President Trump says North Korea has a chance to be a great country.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Jennifer Epstein

May 22, 2018 at 4:19 PM UTC

Updated on

May 22, 2018 at 5:06 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump cast doubt on Tuesday as to whether his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place as scheduled on June 12.

“There’s a chance, a very substantial chance, it won’t work out,” Trump said Tuesday during an Oval Office meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.