Trump: Singapore Summit With Kim Jong Un ‘May Not Work Out For June 12’

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 1, 2017 shows, US President Donald Trump at Morristown, New Jersey, Municipal Airport on September 15, 2017; and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waving followin... (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 1, 2017 shows, US President Donald Trump at Morristown, New Jersey, Municipal Airport on September 15, 2017; and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waving following a military parade in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017. Trump said on October 1, 2017, negotiating with North Korea over its nuclear program would be a waste of time, after it emerged that Washington had channels of contact with Pyongyang. Only hours after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed that US officials were in touch with North Korean counterparts, Trump undercut his top diplomat by declaring on Twitter that any talks would be futile. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN AND ED JONES (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN,ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that a planned historic meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un could be delayed, saying the summit “may not work out for June 12.”

Trump raised the possibility that the meeting could be pushed back during a White House meeting with South Korea President Moon Jae-in as the two leaders sought to coordinate strategy as concerns mounted over ensuring a successful outcome for the North Korea summit.

Trump told reporters: “If it doesn’t happen, maybe it happens later,” reflecting recent setbacks to bring about reconciliation between the two Koreas. The North pulled out of planned peace talks with the South last week, objecting to long-scheduled joint military exercises between U.S. and the Republic of Korea forces, and it threatened to abandon the planned Trump-Kim meeting over the U.S. insistence on denuclearizing the peninsula.

Moon said in the Oval Office that the “fate and the future” of the Korean Peninsula hinged on the talks, telling the U.S. president that they were “one step closer” to the dream of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.

“There are certain conditions that we want,” Trump said. He added if they aren’t met, “we won’t have the meeting.” He declined to elaborate on those conditions.

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  1. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    Gosh, who could have seen this coming?

    Like Josh said, Dear Leader got punked by Dear Leader.

  2. Wait! What about my Challenge Coin? It’s already made!

    I guess I can put it in a frame along side my Buffalo Bills Superbowl Champs hat!

  3. Good. You can move up the date for your interview with Mueller.

  4. But the peace prize is still on track, right?

  5. “A funny thing happened on the way to the Nobel…”

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