Trump on North Korean meeting: A deal is 'very much in the making'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY AVERY ANAPOL - 03/09/18 07:54 PM EST

President Trump on Friday pledged that a planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would happen at an as-yet undetermined time and place and signaled a deal "is very much in the making."

His tweet came hours after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters in a press briefing that the meeting would be dependent on North Korea taking "concrete and verifiable steps."

Link to tweet

The White House announced late Thursday that Trump would accept an invitation to meet with the North Korean leader sometime before May. The announcement stunned many because it did not include a reference to preconditions for the historic meeting.

But Sanders said Friday that North Korea would have to take "concrete" steps to match their "promises."



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[Mr.Bill]

1. I don't know what's funnier about the US making a deal with N Korea.

Trump thinking they will honor the deal or them thinking Trump will honor the deal. They both have terrible track records on doing that.

[Hoyt]

2. OK, trump, make something work. No more BS, just do it.

[madaboutharry]

3. There is no deal in the making.

What is wrong with him? Doesn't he know everyone knows he is full of shit.

How can there be a deal in the making when they haven't even met yet?

[Zambero]

4. No time. No place. No schedule. No agenda.

But a deal is VERY MUCH IN THE MAKING. The bullshit-o-meter just exploded.

[moondust]

5. Fools rush in

where angels fear to tread. - Alexander Pope


It's one thing for a diplomatic amateur like Drumpf to negotiate something like carpeting for his bedrooms that may not affect much more than him and his family business.

It's something entirely different for a diplomatic amateur like Drumpf to pretend to negotiate something like nuclear arms that may affect hundreds of millions of people in North America, Asia, and beyond.