Trump Eases Tone on North Korea With Singapore Summit Back On
- Top Kim aide hand-delivers letter to Trump at White House
- Trump says two sides don’t expect to sign deal right away
President Donald Trump, center, walks with Kim Yong Chol, left, and Mike Pompeo, right, on the South Lawn of the White House on June 1.
Photographer: Olivier Douliery/Pool via Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump conceded that North Korea won’t agree to immediately give up its nuclear weapons as he confirmed his June 12 summit with Kim Jong Un will go ahead.
In a scene that would have been difficult to imagine even a few months ago, Trump walked former North Korean spy chief Kim Yong Chol to his black SUV after meeting for more than an hour in the Oval Office on Friday. The two men posed for photos and waved goodbye before the U.S. president turned to the media to say he would go to Singapore for talks he had backed out of just a week ago.