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| Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong Un during Easter timeframe |
| 2018-04-18 |
| [The Hill] CIA Director Mike Pompeo flew to North Korea earlier this year and met with the nation’s leader Kim Jong Un, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The shocking, top-secret trip took place during Easter weekend ahead of a possible summit between President Trump and Kim later this year to discuss Pyongyang's nuclear program. The CIA, White House and North Korean government all refused to comment to the Post, which confirmed the meeting with two sources with direct knowledge of it. Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. had direct talks with North Korea at "very high levels" but did not provide more details. "We have had direct talks at very high levels, extremely high levels, with North Korea," the president said. "I really believe there’s a lot of goodwill. We’ll see what happens, as I always say. Because ultimately it’s the end result that counts." He added that the meeting with Kim could take place "probably in early June or before that," but cautioned it is hardly guaranteed, based on Kim’s actions. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Wouldn't it be better to just let the sanctions work? Better to be a statesman with an iron fist, EH. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-04-18 12:46 |
| #2 Trump confirms that secretary of state nominee and CIA director Mike Pompeo made a secret trip to North Korea to meet Kim Jong-un |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-04-18 12:45 |
| #1 I still fail to see the rationale for the Trump administration's approach. The best outcome is North Korea signing a nuclear disarmament agreement. North Korea will cash in on sanctions relief and It didn't work in 1994, and it won't work now that the US is strategically weaker and North Korea & Wouldn't it be better to just let the sanctions work? |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2018-04-18 02:24 |