We’ve slowly been seeing signs that Donald Trump’s planned summit with Kim Jong-Un may be in jeopardy. Now the clearest signal yet comes from the President himself. Tuesday during a question and answer session with South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in, Trump said: “there’s a very strong chance it won’t work out.”
Trump on meeting with Kim Jong Un: “There’s a very substantial chance that it won’t work out and that’s OK… it may not work out for June 12. But, there’s a good chance that we’ll have the meeting.” https://t.co/Z1N5qB0jeS pic.twitter.com/ovpZms2ceg
— CNN (@CNN) May 22, 2018
“It was the clearest indication to date that the audacious summit Trump agreed to in March may be at risk. Last week, North Korea adopted a harsh new tone and threatened to withdraw from the meeting, which is due to occur in Singapore.Trump said preparations were “moving along” for the talks with Kim, but suggested there may not be enough time for the two sides to agree on mutually agreeable parameters.”
Reporter: "Have you spoken to Kim Jong Un?"
Pres. Trump: "I don't want to say that…there's no reason to discuss that. I can say this, that for a short period of time we've been dealing with North Korea and it's been a good experience." https://t.co/3EcvHLphoM pic.twitter.com/z8TlaeIkHS— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 22, 2018
Pres Moon acknowledges some public skepticism about @POTUS summit with Kim Jong-un. But says he has “every confidence” that Trump can make a deal, end the Korean War and bring “peace and prosperity” for North Korea. pic.twitter.com/h4vzSlL1XH
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 22, 2018
“Moon said the ‘fate and the future’ of the Korean Peninsula depend on the talks. South Korea has urged Trump to resolve the nuclear crisis with Kim through talks.
But North Korea threw the nuclear summit into doubt last week when it scrapped high-level talks with South Korea and threatened to pull out of the talks with Trump if the U.S. continues to demand denuclearization.”