Top officials scramble to make Trump-Kim summit a reality

[DonViejo]

Source: Agence France-Presse




17 MAR 2018

Senior officials staged a flurry of calls and top-level meetings on Friday as they scrambled to make a proposed nuclear summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un a reality.

There was no immediate breakthrough, but North Korea's foreign minister was to remain in Stockholm into Saturday for further talks with Swedish leaders, as the Scandinavian intermediary strives to pave the way for talks that could end a threat of nuclear war.

From Washington, Trump called his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in, whose government last week passed an apparent summit invitation to Trump from Kim. Trump accepted on the spot and triggered a race to set a credible agenda for what could be a historic breakthrough.

- Rampant skepticism -

At the same time, foreign ministers Kang Kyung-wha of South Korea and Taro Kono of Japan were in Washington for talks at an under-staffed US State Department, left in turmoil by Trump's abrupt and brutal Twitter-sacking of former secretary of state Rex Tillerson.



Read more: https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/top-officials-scramble-make-trump-kim-summit-reality-doc-12m7nr6

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It'll never happen - and probably shouldn't.

[thewhollytoast]

2. Oh, I'm sure they are.

Then they are going to move in together and have babies.

Toast

[left-of-center2012]

3. There will be a summit, but Trump may not go

I watch (on cable) the English language version of the Japanese national news TV broadcast (and I watch the German one also).

They had a lengthy segment this week on the preparations taking place ahead of a meeting in late April between the President of South Korea and Kim of North Korea.
They commented that much work is being done ahead of this summit, unlike news coming out of Washington were apparently Trump and his administration is doing no preparation for a meeting with Kim.

The news broadcast said the two Koreas are moving forward with their plans to meet, and will meet regardless of whether Trump shows up or not.

Seems they think Trump will not attend "for some unknown reason".

[Skittles]

4. Trumpkim

sounds about right

[McCamy Taylor]

5. Why? Why does batshit carzy have to meet batshit crazy? Someone trying to start a war?

[keithbvadu2]

6. Would Dotard have the cojones to meet Rocketman face to face?

Would Dotard have the cojones to meet Rocketman face to face?

He should send super-diplomat Ivanka...

Kim likes blonds.

[keithbvadu2]

7. Kim Jong Un wants to be seen as Donald Trumps equal. A meeting would do that.

Kim Jong Un wants to be seen as Donald Trump’s equal. A meeting would do that.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/kim-jong-un-wants-to-be-seen-as-donald-trumps-equal-a-meeting-will-give-that/2018/03/09/305bf092-2334-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html?utm_term=.bcdaeded407c&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

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[HipChick]

8. It will be like everything Dotard touches

and turns to shit...