Trump defends progress with N. Korea ahead of second summit
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Let's start at the White House.
A defiant President Trump is sharply defending his administration's North Korea policy,... stressing the successes he's had with the regime and the friendly ties he's established with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un..
He's reacting to the negative media coverage he's been receiving... with his critics saying little to no progress has been made on Pyeongyang's denuclearization for several months.
Lee Ji-won has more.
U.S. President Donald Trump insists there has been progress in talks with North Korea,... adding he expects another good summit with the regime's leader.
In a flurry of tweets on Thursday,... President Trump said the media, which he described as (quote) "fake news" has unfairly accused him of producing few tangible results on the regime's denuclearization since the first summit in Singapore last June.
He said that evaluation is "wrong" and that from 40 years of doing nothing and being at the brink of war,... he's built a relationship, brought back home hostages and Korean War remains, stopped rockets or missiles being fired and most importantly stopped nuclear testing,.. all in just 15 months.
Trump said this is more than anything anyone else had accomplished with the North, and that he expects another good meeting with Kim Jong-un soon, where there is much potential.
After a long stalemate between the two sides, North Korea's point man on nuclear negotiations with the U.S. Kim Yong-chol flew over to Washington to resume their high-level talks.
And after President Trump met with him, the White House announced that the 2nd North Korea-U.S. summit will take place at the end of February.
Working-level talks followed right after in Sweden where officials are thought to have discussed the denuclearization negotiations and other details for the upcoming summit.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also showed high hopes for the summit in his interview with Fox News days earlier in the week.
He said, there are many conversations going on, and that Kim Jong-un continues to assure President Trump that he is intent on denuclearization.
And when the two leaders get together, Pompeo said he hopes to make substantial steps towards that.
He added that they knew this was going to be a long process and the first two steps of stopping the North's testing of missile programs and nuclear bombs still continue.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.
A defiant President Trump is sharply defending his administration's North Korea policy,... stressing the successes he's had with the regime and the friendly ties he's established with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un..
He's reacting to the negative media coverage he's been receiving... with his critics saying little to no progress has been made on Pyeongyang's denuclearization for several months.
Lee Ji-won has more.
U.S. President Donald Trump insists there has been progress in talks with North Korea,... adding he expects another good summit with the regime's leader.
In a flurry of tweets on Thursday,... President Trump said the media, which he described as (quote) "fake news" has unfairly accused him of producing few tangible results on the regime's denuclearization since the first summit in Singapore last June.
He said that evaluation is "wrong" and that from 40 years of doing nothing and being at the brink of war,... he's built a relationship, brought back home hostages and Korean War remains, stopped rockets or missiles being fired and most importantly stopped nuclear testing,.. all in just 15 months.
Trump said this is more than anything anyone else had accomplished with the North, and that he expects another good meeting with Kim Jong-un soon, where there is much potential.
After a long stalemate between the two sides, North Korea's point man on nuclear negotiations with the U.S. Kim Yong-chol flew over to Washington to resume their high-level talks.
And after President Trump met with him, the White House announced that the 2nd North Korea-U.S. summit will take place at the end of February.
Working-level talks followed right after in Sweden where officials are thought to have discussed the denuclearization negotiations and other details for the upcoming summit.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also showed high hopes for the summit in his interview with Fox News days earlier in the week.
He said, there are many conversations going on, and that Kim Jong-un continues to assure President Trump that he is intent on denuclearization.
And when the two leaders get together, Pompeo said he hopes to make substantial steps towards that.
He added that they knew this was going to be a long process and the first two steps of stopping the North's testing of missile programs and nuclear bombs still continue.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.