Posted on 05/27/2018 6:42:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday a U.S. team had arrived in North Korea to prepare for a proposed summit between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which Trump pulled out of last week before reconsidering.
Earlier, the U.S. State Department said U.S. and North Korean officials had met at Panmunjom, a village in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that runs along the heavily armed border between North and South Korea.
“Our United States team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements for the Summit between Kim Jong Un and myself,” Trump wrote on Twitter, in Washington’s first confirmation that U.S. officials had entered North Korea for the talks.
“I truly believe North Korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial Nation one day. Kim Jong Un agrees with me on this. It will happen!” Trump added.
In addition to those talks, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said a “pre-advance team” left for Singapore - where the summit has been expected to take place - on Sunday morning to work on logistics.
Earlier on Sunday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he and North Korea’s Kim had agreed during a surprise meeting on Saturday that the North Korea-U.S. summit must be held.
The weekend talks were the latest twist in a week of diplomatic ups and downs over the prospects for an unprecedented U.S.-North Korea summit, and the strongest sign yet that the two Koreas’ leaders are trying to keep the meeting on track.
North Korea has faced years of economic sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs since it conducted its first nuclear test in 2006.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Trump negotiates with rocket boy like he would negotiate with a used car salesman: “Later dude. I’m going to the lot down the street. Bye.”. Salesman: “Uh, wait. Come back! You’re right, I CAN make a better deal”
They gotta figure out important stuff like Coke and Pepsi or just Coke, and where Kim’s private poopmobile will be parked.
They gotta figure out important stuff like Coke and Pepsi or just Coke, and where Kim’s private poopmobile will be parked.
“North Korea has faced years of economic sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs “
And Trump added sanctions for their support of terrorism.
Sanctions aren’t coming off unless that is addressed too.
And the shape of the tables!
“At the outset of the negotiations, the U.S. proposed two long tables with the two sides facing each other. North Vietnam refused ... and proposed a square table to represent the four-sided nature of the Vietnam War.
U.S. Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman proposed a round table for everyone. The North acquiesced – but the South did not...
after weeks of duking it out over seating arrangements, the verdict – brokered by the Soviet Union – was a round table for the two Vietnamese governments and nearby square tables for the other actors involved.”
Reuters : “North Korea has faced years of economic sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs “
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.