February 26, 2019

Trump Arrives in Hanoi for Second Summit With Kim

Source: Voice of America

Journalist: Steve Herman

U.S. President Donald Trump is in Hanoi for his second summit with Kim Jong Un amid hopes for a deal that would lead to the North Korean leader giving up his nuclear weapons.

"I think we'll have a very tremendous summit. We want denuclearization, and I think he'll have a country that will set a lot of records for speed in terms of an economy," Trump said in remarks at the White House before departing Monday..

National Security Advisor John Bolton, two months ago, said a second summit was needed because North Korea had yet to live up to the commitments it made last June in Singapore.

After the Trump-Kim meeting in Singapore, Trump declared, "there is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea."

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