Posted on 05/25/2018 11:25:31 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A White House “advance team” slated to head to Singapore in preparation for the president’s canceled summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un might still make the trip.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders left open the possibility and reiterated that President Donald Trump still wants to meet with the North Korean leader about a nuclear disarmament pact. That came one day after Trump canceled the June 12 meeting, concluding the North’s change in behavior from receptive to chilly to hostile meant Kim had gotten cold feet.
“We’ll see. We still have a few hours before that takes place,” Sanders told a group of reporters Friday, referring to the advance team’s trip, which was scheduled to be led by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagan.
“We’re always going to be prepared. If the meeting takes place on June 12, we’ll be ready, if it takes place on July 12, we’ll be ready,” Sanders said during an impromptu gaggle. “We’ll continue to have conversations, we’ll continue to have close contact with our partners and allies.”
That was different than what one of her deputies, Hogan Gidley, said a few hours earlier. He told reporters there was no plan at that time for the Hagan-led team to fly to Singapore.
Whether that planning trip is on or not, the president and White House officials made clear Friday that while the June 12 date appears off the table, a Trump-Kim summit remains possible.
Trump used a morning tweet to react to an overnight statement from the Kim government in which it praised Trump for even being willing to hold one-on-one talks. On Friday morning, he called that statement “very good news” and “warm” and “productive.”
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Send the advance team, that puts the pressure on the NORKS to show up.
Put Lil Kim on the grill.
NORKS pull a no-show and Rocket Boy looks bad to Big Brother China.
Xi Jinping puts his foot up Kimmies rectum then things get done.
China is ‘the one’ calling the shots of “ NORKS pulling a no-show”....
Good point.
Good point. Why are we screwing around with the ChiCom’s Mini Me?
“China is ‘the one’ calling the shots of “ NORKS pulling a no-show”....”
Then we make any trade talks with China dependent on the treaty talks with Norklandia.
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