SUMMIT Trump may invite Kim to WH
US President reiterates he will walk away if his goals from the meet are not achieved
Washington, June 8: US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would consider inviting North Korean leader Kim Jongun to the White House if their Singapore summit on Tuesday goes well, but made it clear that he is ready to “walk away” from the meeting if his goals were not achieved.
The US and its regional allies want to see North Korea give up its nuclear weapons.
Trump and Kim will meet on Sentosa, a smaller island off the coast of Singapore’s main island. The June 12 summit would represent the first ever meeting between a North Korean leader and a sitting US president.
Trump made the remarks after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House to discuss the June 12 summit. Abe’s visit is part of a flurry of diplomatic activity in the runup to the summit, as countries try to ensure their interests are not overlooked.
“Maybe we’ll start with the White House,” he told reporters after he was asked whether he would invite the North Korean leader to the White House or his Mar- a- lago resort in Florida.
He said it was possible an agreement to end the Korean War could be reached, though he called that “the easy part” of the negotiations.
“It’s what happens after that that is really important,” he told reporters.
He, however, made it clear that he was ready to “walk away” from the meeting if his goals were not achieved. “I am totally prepared to walk. It could happen. Maybe it won’t be necessary. I hope it won’t be necessary to walk, because I really believe that Kim Jong- un wants to do something that is going to be great for his people,,” Trump said.