The president’s comments came after North Korea said it was still willing to engage in direct talks, calling the planned summit between Trump and Kim “desperately necessary”. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Very good news to receive the warm and productive statement from North Korea. “Internally we have been quietly giving President Trump high marks for making a decision no other American president had the courage to pursue,” Kim Kye-gwan said. Trump abruptly called off the summit – which was set to take place in Singapore – on Thursday, blaming “tremendous anger and open hostility” in recent North Korean statements. “In the span of 24 hours, we’ve gone from President Trump writing an actual letter to Kim canceling the summit, to a day later saying the summit might be back on.

Source: The Guardian May 25, 2018 14:40 UTC