World leaders will soon see if President Donald Trump’s visit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un will pay off. At stake is whether Kim will end his country’s isolation, economic woes and nuclear weapons program. During their meeting in Singapore on Tuesday, Trump and Kim will attempt define
World leaders will soon see if President Donald Trump’s visit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un will pay off. At stake is whether Kim will end his country’s isolation, economic woes and nuclear weapons program.
During their meeting in Singapore on Tuesday, Trump and Kim will attempt define and agree on how North Korea’s nuclear weapons program would be dismantled. Trump is seeking a complete, verifiable and “irreversible end” to North Korea’s nukes.
Kim, meanwhile wants the U. S. to remove its “nuclear umbrella” that protects allies South Korea and Japan. Kim could ask for a peace treaty to that effect, Bloomberg News reported.
Trump said Saturday he will know within one minute whether Kim is serious about a de-nuclearization agreement, the report stated. For the first minute Trump and Kim will meet alone with translators. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton will later join them.
The president arrived in Singapore late Sunday (local time). White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump met with staff, looked over reading materials and made other preparations for the summit during his flight.
