The White House remains optimistic even as North Korea threatens to hold onto its nuclear arsenal and scrap the president’s summit with the North Korean…
The White House remains optimistic even as North Korea threatens to hold onto its nuclear arsenal and scrap the president’s summit with the North Korean leader next month.
“We’re ready to meet. If it happens, that’s great. If it doesn’t, we’ll see what happens,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders explained on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday. “We’re still hopeful the meeting will take place… If it doesn’t, we will continue the maximum pressure campaign that’s been ongoing.”
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President Donald Trump, who Sanders described as “the best negotiator at the table,” is expected to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, but North Korea is now calling the unprecedented summit into question.
Hours after Pyongyang decided to indefinitely cancel talks with Seoul, North Korea lashed out at the U. S. Wednesday in a state media article, strongly criticizing the U. S. for its recent actions and rhetoric.
The North called out the U. S. and South Korea for joint military drills, specifically the ongoing Max Thunder air combat exercises involving more than one hundred allied military aircraft.
