Second summit with Kim quite soon, says Trump

new york — Confronting the dangers of North Korea’s nuclear threat, US President Donald Trump arrived at the United Nations on Monday striking a far less ominous tone than a year ago, announcing he likely will hold a second summit with Kim Jong-un “quite soon”.

Twelve months after Trump stood at the rostrum of the UN General Assembly and derided Kim as “Rocket Man”, the push to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula is a work in progress, although fears of war have given way to dreams of rapprochement. The president’s bellicose denunciations of Pyongyang have largely

given way to hopeful notes. “It was a different world,” Trump said on Monday of his one-time moniker for the North Korean leader. “That was a dangerous time. This is one year later, a much different time.”

He added that preparations are underway by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for a second presidential meeting with Kim “quite soon”.

The meeting would come despite US officials assessing that the North has not followed through on its commitments to take steps toward denuclearisation. Pompeo defended Trump’s decision to seek another meeting despite the slow progress. —

It was a different world. That was a dangerous time. This is one year later, a much different time

Donald Trump, US President