Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Trump: No Deal, Kim
DONALD Trump’s talks with Kim Jong-un over North Korea quitting its nuclear programme collapsed after the US President walked out before they had even had lunch.
Trump quit the Vietnam summit after Kim demanded all sanctions against his regime be lifted for giving up just some of his weapons.
Trump said: “Sometimes you have to walk and this was just one of those times. Basically they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety but we couldn’t do that.” Dictator Kim had said he was prepared in principle to denuclearise and Trump said an agreement was “ready to sign”.
But Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said: “We made progress... But we didn’t get all the way.” Members of Parliament Representing the people of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Does not work well as part of a team. Under clear instructions from their employer, the British people, to find a way of leaving the EU without sending us into a never-ending spiral of anguish, the employee has failed to agree a plan with colleagues. It is now unclear when – or if – the objective will be achieved.
The employee turns up most days. Working hours are generous, they rarely have to be in their seat before 10am and often take long weekends. But any idea the recess be curtailed to prevent a screaming meltdown of the UK’S infrastructure is dismissed angrily.
Asked where they saw themselves in five years’ time, they replied: “I’m in a pretty safe seat, mate, so short of a sex scandal or someone looking hard at my expenses, probably just where I am.”