The president has been more optimistic about a summit with North Korea, after calling it off last week
President Trump will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House next week, with the possibility of a summit with North Korea seeming more likely since Mr. Trump called it off last week.
Abe, whose friendship Mr. Trump has praised, will meet with Mr. Trump on June 7. North Korea has been a high-priority topic for the two world leaders in past discussions. Particularly given how close Japan is to North Korea, it has a significant interest in what happens with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. According to the White House, the two leaders talked on Monday and discussed North Korea. When Abe and Mr. Trump met in April at Mar-a-Lago, they discussed continuing a “maximum pressure” campaign on North Korea, with the aim of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
