Trump won’t commit to timeline on denuclearization but says thinks ‘we will make a deal’
U. S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration is planning a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and will announce details soon.
«I’ll be meeting with Chairman Kim in the very near future,» Trump told reporters at the United Nation’s General Assembly in New York.
Earlier Wednesday, U. S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he is planning the summit and that it may take place after October. Pompeo will brief U. N. Security Council ministers Thursday on efforts to denuclearize North Korea.
«We’re working diligently to make sure we get the conditions right so that we can accomplish as much as possible during the summit. But we hope it will be soon,» Pompeo told CBS This Morning. «It may happen in October, but more likely sometime after that.»
At a news conference in New York on the sidelines of the General Assembly meetings, President Trump refused to get pinned down on a timeline for North Korea’s denuclearization.
«We are not playing the time game,» Trump said. «If it takes two years, three years or five months it doesn’t matter, there’s no nuclear testing and there’s no testing of rockets.»
Trump also dismissed critics who have said he gave up leverage by meeting with Kim before getting any guarantees.
«I gave nothing, what have I given, other than some time? Yes, I flew to Singapore, we had a meeting,» the president said.
