President Trump said Monday that he will be meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un at some time in May, or in early June at the latest. This is the first update on the timing of the planned summit since it was announced.
Previously, Trump has said his intention was to meet Kim “by May,” though it was widely assumed it would be in May. The current US war games in South Korea are expected to continue until the end of April.
Trump has been extremely optimistic about the potential of the North Korea talks. Noting both sides have agreed to pursue denuclearization, Trump said the summit is “very exciting for the world.” He did not offer any new details on the talks beyond the updated dates.
North Korea has promised not to conduct any nuclear or missile tests before the talks. There is as yet no decision on where the summit will take place, though a lot of speculation is that it will be in the demilitarized zone. Secret talks on the specifics are said to be ongoing.
Wonder if the trade off was Syria for North Korea or are there still plans to do them both anyway.
Naw, it would be both.
Kim won’t give up the nukes he already built, just the program.
This won’t be enough for the US and the talks will fall out, if
they even happen at all now.
That really depends on what’s offered in exchange, but you are likely correct. The U.S. will arrogantly demand too much.
Plus come May 12th we’ll be adding Iran to the mix.
They’ve just experienced a currency crash to soften them up.
Canceling the P5+1 treaty in and of itself means nothing, but add more discrete indicators of trying to soften an opponent, then the kinetic option is more likely in the offing.
“Iran Tries to Unify Currency to Halt Rial’s Record Slump” – Golnar Motevalli, Apr. 9, 2018, Bloomberg. com