WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties backed President Donald Trump’s decision on Thursday to walk away from a deal with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un during their second summit in Vietnam.
«It’s good the president did not give him (Kim) anything for the little that he was proposing,» Democrat US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said during a press conference on Thursday. «They wanted lifting of sanctions without the denuclearization, I’m glad the president walked away from that. Diplomacy is important, we always support it, but the process for success seemed dim in light of the insincerity.»
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Trump should be commended for leaving the talks once it became clear that insufficient progress had been made toward denuclearization.
«I hope that China and other countries with influence over Kim Jong Un will do their part to urge him to return to the negotiating table and seize the opportunity to bring prosperity to the people of North Korea and peace and stability to the Korean peninsula, and to the region,» he said.
