Trump to meet with Japanese prime minister ahead of potential North Korea summit

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post



By David Nakamura
May 28 at 11:01 AM

President Trump agreed Monday to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ahead of a potential summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to Japanese officials, a chance for Trump and Abe to coordinate their strategy amid concerns in Tokyo over the prospective peace talks.

Trump and Abe spoke by phone on Memorial Day as a U.S. delegation was negotiating with North Korean counterparts in a bid to keep alive the June 12 summit in Singapore, which Trump announced last week he was canceling. After a more conciliatory statement from Pyongyang, however, the president has said that the summit could be back on. A separate U.S. team led by White House deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin and deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel is in Singapore to coordinate logistics.

A meeting between Trump and Abe could come on the sidelines of the Group of 7 economic summit in Quebec from June 8 to 9, but it is also possible that Abe will swing by Washington en route to that conference, a Japanese official said.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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[Hulk]

1. Never going to happen.

This is all fucking nonsense. We are playing right in to his hand.

Do you seriously think Kim is EVER going to give up his nukes....nor follow any agreements to demilitarize his country WITHOUT the US pulling out of S. Korea?....get serious!