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| Trump-Kim Vietnam summit ends early, no working lunch, no agreement | |
| 2019-02-28 | |
| [The Hill] The schedule for President Trump and Kim Jong Un’s second day of meetings in Hanoi, Vietnam was abruptly changed Thursday. Trump left the Metropole Hotel, where the summit took place, before 1:30 p.m. Vietnam time, or 1:30 a.m. Washington time -- more than an hour before originally scheduled. About 45 minutes before Trump left, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters in Vietnam that talks would wrap up earlier than expected. Trump and Kim were originally supposed to hold a working lunch was canceled. The two leaders were also scheduled to participate in ceremony to sign a joint agreement. Sanders declined to say whether that ceremony would still happen, but it appears unlikely. Trump’s press conference, originally scheduled for 4 p.m. Vietnam time, or 4 a.m. Washington time, will now be at 2 p.m., Sanders said. Pool reporters who had been waiting in the dining room at the Metropole Hotel, where the summit is taking place, were originally told lunch had been delayed for 30 minutes. The table in the dining room was set with menus and name cards on chairs. Then at about, 12:35 p.m. local time, reporters were told by a White House spokeswoman that "there has been a program change." Trump has been lowering expectations for the results of the summit even as he has touted his "very special relationship" with Kim. Trump has said repeatedly he is in "no rush" to get a denuclearization deal as long as North Korea refrains from nuclear and missile tests, saying at the top of the meetings Thursday that "speed is not important." [FoxNews] A planned signing ceremony set for Thursday afternoon in Hanoi, Vietnam, was scrubbed, and Trump took the stage soon after for a solo news conference. "Sometimes you have to walk," the president said.
Trump said the final snag that caused the sudden breakdown was over sanctions – and Kim's push to have all of them lifted in exchange for a concession Trump and his secretary of state could not live with. 'Sometimes you have to walk away,' Trump told reporters at a press conference in Hanoi that was abruptly moved up after a breakdown in talks. The president expressed his hope that the two leaders would meet again, but acknowledged: 'It might be soon, it might not be for a long time. I can’t tell you.' | |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Unaccustomed to negotiating, Kim was likely pitching Xi's deal and was too transparent. |
| Posted by: Snavish Trotsky6556 2019-02-28 17:25 |
| #6 more than an hour before originally scheduled Indian subcontinent crisis? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-02-28 14:13 |
| #5 More like "Trump has tantrum and storms out of summit." |
| Posted by: gorb 2019-02-28 10:44 |
| #4 This is where The Narrative switches from "Trump is going to get rolled by the Norks" to "That boorish imbecile Trump has totally bollixed the negotiations". |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-02-28 09:16 |
| #3 I’d bet on Pudgy calling with a more serious offer in the near future. He’s never encountered a serious deal maker before... nor likely ever been spanked or treated like a reasonable adult, either. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-02-28 09:14 |
| #2 You got to know When to hold 'em Know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-02-28 07:16 |
| #1 My Boy done good! |
| Posted by: newc 2019-02-28 02:54 |