Trump on North Korea: ‘We’re Talking to Them Now’
Day after he canceled summit with Kim Jong Un, Trump said meeting “could even be the 12th.”
Carlos Barria/Reuters
President Donald Trump told reporters Friday morning that the White House is “talking to” North Korea, one day after he canceled the June 12 summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore. “We’ll see what happens, we’re talking to them now, it was a very nice statement they put out. We’ll see what happens,” Trump said before boarding Marine One. “It could even be the 12th, we’re talking to them now. They very much want to do it, we’d like to do it. We’re going to see what happens.” When asked if he thought North Korea was “playing games,” he replied, “Everybody plays games. You know that better than anybody,” according to the White House pool report. Trump canceled the Singapore summit in a letter Thursday, saying it was “inappropriate” due to the “anger and open hostility displayed” by the North Koreans.
NEW: Pres. Trump says "we're talking" to North Korea now; "it was a very nice statement they put out; we'll see what happens."
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 25, 2018
"It could even be the 12th...They very much want to do it, we'd like to do it. We're going to see what happens." https://t.co/hTUoWVV1XA pic.twitter.com/bKI2eNXPCm
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