President Trump’s decision to pull out of a planned, historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was met with both praise and condemnation by lawmakers -- mostly depending on the politician’s political party. Trump cited the “open hostility” displayed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in his decision to reject the invitation to meet in Singapore in June. “Kim Jong Un is a murderous despot and habitual liar,” Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., said. If North Korea wants diplomacy, it should know that half-measures and spin about its nuclear program won’t cut it.”Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., said Trump “made the right decision” in his decision to reject the summit. “Our goal of any discussions with North Korea should remain the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said the cancellation of the summit "was the necessary result of a poor negotiating strategy in which the President made it all too clear to North Korea that he needed the summit more than the North Korea dictator."

Source: Fox News May 24, 2018 15:16 UTC