Trump talks up deal with Kim
U.S. bets show of good faith will last
SINGAPORE — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he believes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will live up to the terms and spirit of their agreement “to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
“Honestly, I think he’s going to do these things,” Trump said, demonstrating his faith in people and personality over policy as agents for change.
At the end of a high-stakes one-day summit Tuesday, Trump and Kim signed a joint statement that calls for new relations between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a “stable peace regime” on the peninsula, complete denuclearization and the return of the remains of prisoners of war and fighters missing in action.
It was a deal that supporters were quick to applaud as