Officials say Trump overstated Kim's demand on sanctions

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



By ERIC TALMADGE
50 minutes ago

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump said he walked away from his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because Kim demanded the U.S. lift all of its sanctions, a claim that North Korea’s delegation called a rare news conference in the middle of the night to deny.

So who’s telling the truth? In this case, it seems that the North Koreans are. And it’s a demand they have been pushing for weeks in lower-level talks.

Trump’s much-anticipated meeting with Kim, held in the Vietnamese capital Wednesday and Thursday, ended abruptly and without the two leaders signing any agreements. Trump spoke with reporters soon after the talks broke down and said the dispute over sanctions was the deal breaker.

“Basically, they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn’t do that,” he said. “We had to walk away from that.”


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"overstated" = the polite way of saying, "he lied...again"

[exboyfil]

1. What a world we live in

When a murderous dictator has more credibility than our President.

[thegoose]

5. Exactly

We already have been trained to know Bloatus lies about everything, so that leaves us...Li'l Kim?

[BostonBlue]

7. I was just thinking there won't be a 3rd meeting because Kim

won't want to give Dump any credibility.

[Pachamama]

2. Traitor Trump overstates everything....

His hands, his grades, his brains, his financials, his net-worth...

His true loyalties....

[dawnie51]

3. Creating drama......

for his TV show. Like a season ending cliffhanger. This is how this idiot thinks.

[cstanleytech]

4. Problem is his supporters won't care. nt

[yerop]

6. World Tour of Failure

[world wide wally]

8. Does this mean Trump won't get the Nobel Peace Prize

[Firestorm49]

9. The talks were just another scam. He went there to get his next set of directives from Lavarov.

[dalton99a]

10. Kick

[Javaman]

11. what a bizarre and strange world we live in now...

a fixer lawyer tells the truth and a 3rd world crazy dictator tells the truth.

welcome to the orange asshole nation.

[SunSeeker]

12. Only Trump can make Kim look honest.

[soryang]

13. Tae Yong Ho, the diplomat who defected from North Korea said this wasn't the deal breaker...

According to Tae, Bolton embarrassed Kim Jong Un with the second secret nuclear facility issue. I don't necessarily agree with Tae's analysis. Kim's apparent confusion at the question resulted in in the DPRK Foreign Minster, Ri Yong Ho, sitting next to Kim stopping the talks. That's where they ended according to Tae's account (based on?)

Kim could have been surprised for a couple of other reasons. Maybe this issue wasn't on the agenda for instance in the "small deal," scenario and wasn't addressed by the working level representatives. Or the facility doesn't exist, or Kim is lying about it. Tae suggests the latter.

Choi Son Hui the veteran nuclear negotiator, said it was her feeling that the US wasn't even seriously interested in the talks this time around.

Tae made some remark on the extended interview on Channel A News that the CIA probably would have cheered during the gotcha John Bolton moment or words to the effect. Why he would say this one could speculate.