How to Tell If Trump’s Second Kim Summit Is a Success
- Experts want deadlines and verifiable promises from Kim
- President in turn should avoid giving up anything too valuable
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After their first meeting a year ago, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a 400-word statement long on goodwill and short on detail. Trump will need more than that this time to credibly claim a success on Thursday.
At the two-day summit in Hanoi, experts are looking for specific commitments from North Korea toward halting its nuclear program, with deadlines and procedures to verify that Kim does what he says. Trump meanwhile must avoid giving up anything too valuable in return.