Speaking at the White House a week before the hotly anticipated Hanoi
Summit with Kim Jong Un, President Trump said that he expects there to
be more meetings scheduled after this upcoming summit.
“I don’t think this will be the last meeting by any chance,”
Trump said. He added that he’d like to ease sanctions on North Korea,
but would need to see “meaningful” progress from them first before
making any changes.
While this isn’t much of a commitment, it is a huge departure from his
long-standing position that North Korea must unconditionally meet all US
expectations, and that the US will not offer any concessions until
after North Korea has done everything.
This has been a major problem, with North Korea noticing that everything
they’ve done so far has resulted in even more US sanctions and
pressure, and no sign that the US is going to make even minor moves for
many years. If Trump is backing off of that, this may be an opening to
get negotiations going again.
Trump Expects to Meet Kim Again After Hanoi Summit
This won't be 'the last meeting by any chance'
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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