Earlier Thursday, North Korea announced that it had destroyed tunnels at what they say is the country’s only nuclear test site. Trump appeared to soften his rhetoric toward North Korea this week, saying that a more gradual option of denuclearization was a possibility. And if we don’t, we won’t have the meeting,” Trump told reporters Tuesday, without specifying what those conditions would be. Last year, Trump and Kim were locked in an escalating battle of insults, which included Trump threatening North Korea with “fire and fury” if the country took action against the United States. White House officials told HuffPost they may hold a briefing on North Korea Thursday afternoon.

Source: Huffington Post May 24, 2018 13:58 UTC