Trump-Kim summit not imminent, but door remains open: experts
While U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had responded to his recent outreach, talks between the two leaders are unlikely to resume soon, though the possibility remains, experts said. Asked why Kim hadn't replied to his requests for talks, Trump told reporters, "How do you know he hasn't responded?" When pressed on whether Kim had in fact responded, Trump…
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had responded to his outreach regarding potential talks, although no definitive resolution has been announced. Experts, however, maintain that a resumption of discussions between the two leaders is improbable in the near future. When questioned about Kim's lack of response to Trump's requests for dialogue, the president defended his position by questioning how anyone could be certain Kim hadn't replied.
Trump further affirmed that he believed Kim had indeed responded, albeit without elaborating on the specifics.
The summit-related conversation unfolded a day after Trump directed the Pentagon to lessen "inappropriate and hostile" military exercises with South Korea, marking the first such reduction since the beginning of his second term. In his earlier term, Trump mirrored this action following the June 2018 summit with Kim in Singapore by decreasing and suspending some of these drills, labeling them as "war games."
The implementation of this reduction seems to be progressing, with sources indicating that the Republic of Korea-US Combined Forces Command has begun to relocate personnel to CP Tango, a wartime command post in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province.
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