Trump, Kim arrive for historic summit | Inquirer News

Trump, Kim arrive for historic summit

/ 09:04 AM June 12, 2018

SINGAPORE — President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived for their historic summit on Tuesday, balancing the elusive promise of peace against the specter of a growing nuclear threat.

Yet even before they met, Trump announced plans to leave early, raising questions about whether his aspirations for an ambitious outcome had been scaled back.

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Trump arrived first at the summit site on Singapore’s Sentosa Island in advance of the 9 a.m. meeting. Kim’s black armored limousine pulled in a short time later at the luxury resort for the world’s first meeting between a sitting United States president and a North Korean leader.

The two were to open with a handshake, an image sure to be devoured from Washington to Pyongyang and beyond. Trump and Kim planned to meet one-on-one for most of an hour— joined only by translators. Then aides to each were to come in for more discussions and a working lunch.

Up early in Singapore, Trump tweeted with cautious optimism: “Meetings between staffs and representatives are going well and quickly … but in the end, that doesn’t matter. We will all know soon whether or not a real deal, unlike those of the past, can happen!”   /kga

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TAGS: Donald Trump, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, nuclear, Peace Talks, Singapore, Summit

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