North Korea shatters Trump's boastful assurances of an easy path to denuclearization
Analysis by Andrea Mitchell: The regime's harsh statement illustrates the risk in putting so much stock into last month's ceremonial Singapore summit.
by Andrea Mitchell / Jul.07.2018 / 2:05 PM ET
Trump wanted to cancel North Korea summit before Kim Jong Un could
WASHINGTON — On Saturday, after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo finished talks with North Korean officials in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un's foreign ministry accused the Trump administration of a “unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization." ... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/secretary-pompeo-north-korea-vice-chairman-seek-clarify-their-positions-n889551 ... It was an immediate and sharp contradiction to President Donald Trump’s rosy descriptions of his North Korea diplomacy.
The harsh statement also illustrates the risks of putting so much stock in a ceremonial summit, now that last month's meet-and-greet between Trump and Kim in Singapore is colliding with the hard-nosed reality of enormously complex nuclear negotiations.
This dissonance between fact and fancy was made clear earlier this week. After NBC News first reported that Pyongyang was in fact expanding elements of its weapons program, the president tweeted, “Many good conversations with North Korea — It is going well!” He added: “If not for me, we would now be at War with North Korea!”
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