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Trump Becomes First US President to set foot in North Korea As He Meets Kim by TheAviator: 10:15am On Jun 30, 2019
The leaders shook hands on the North Korean side of the DMZ, making Trump the first sitting American president to ever set foot in the hermit state, before crossing together to south side and shaking hands again.

Kim said this was "an expression of his willingness" to work toward a new future.

Trump made the surprise announcement hours earlier of his intention to meet Kim at the Joint Security Area patrolled by soldiers from both Koreas near the inter-Korean border.

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un extended warm invitations to one another on Sunday, exchanging lofty visions for the future as they met at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.

The leaders shook hands on the North Korean side of the DMZ, making Trump the first sitting American president to ever set foot in the hermit state, before crossing together to the South Korean side and shaking hands again.

"It's a great honor to be here," Trump said, adding, "I feel great." Upon leaving closed-door talks with Kim, he described the meeting as "very, very good."
Kim said this was "an expression of his willingness" to work toward a new future.

While the two spoke of reconciliation and diplomatic progress, Trump said that U.S. sanctions on the country over its nuclear weapons and missile development programs would stay for now. The leaders agreed to designate a team to work out the details of future negotiations, Trump said, adding that the U.S. team would be headed by Washington's nuclear envoy Stephen Biegun and that work would begin "over the next two or three weeks."

The sticking point between the historical adversaries has long been the issue of denuclearization, a term whose definition the two countries can't seem to agree on. Washington wants Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons, while Kim and his predecessors view the term to mean broader concessions from the U.S., including the removal of its troops from the Korean peninsula.

Trump made the surprise announcement just hours earlier of his intention to meet Kim at the Joint Security Area patrolled by soldiers from both Koreas near the inter-Korean border. Sunday also marks the first meeting between American and North Korean heads of state at the historic border since a cease-fire was signed ending the Korean War in 1953.

The meeting, which comes on the tails of the G-20, is the third between the two leaders in just over a year. The most recent, in Hanoi, Vietnam in February, collapsed due to disagreements over U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang.

An invitation to the White House

The U.S. president said he invited Kim to the White House during their private talks Sunday, while the two agreed to visit one another's countries "at the right time."

"I would invite him right now to the White House," Trump said, to which the North Korean leader responded that it would be a great honor if Trump visited Pyongyang. Kim expressed his desire to "leave behind the past and move toward the future," according to Reuters.

"It's a great day for the world," Trump said, adding that he was proud to step over the border line. "The world is watching. It's very important to the world," he said, before stepping into private talks with Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Moon joined both leaders shortly after he and Trump visited a guard post in the northernmost part of the South Korean side of the DMZ.

Kim lauded the positive relationship between the leaders, saying that Sunday's meeting would have been "impossible" without "the great relationship between us," Reuters reported. Moon echoed Kim's words, attributing what he called a historic meeting to Trump's "bold move."

The Trump administration, like several U.S. administrations before it, is endeavoring to put an end to North Korea's nuclear program. The reclusive country has carried out several nuclear weapons tests in recent years and developed long-range missiles capable of hitting targets thousands of miles away.

Trump appears to have established a personal camaraderie with the North Korean strongman and has voiced optimism about potential for an agreement, though physical progress on the dismantling of the North's nuclear facilities has yet to be seen. U.S. intelligence agencies earlier this year reported that North Korea has begun rebuilding key missile testing facilities for its intercontinental ballistic missile program, reversing a prior moratorium on missile development that Trump had hailed as a foreign policy success after his first meeting with Kim in Singapore in June of 2018.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/30/rtrs-190630-trump-kim-quotes-dmz-eu.html

Re: Trump Becomes First US President to set foot in North Korea As He Meets Kim by Righteousness89(m): 10:18am On Jun 30, 2019
When a Leader Surrender Himself to be used by GOD, This is what Happens !


GOD BLESS President Donald Trump

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Re: Trump Becomes First US President to set foot in North Korea As He Meets Kim by AleAirHub(m): 10:19am On Jun 30, 2019
Interesting
Re: Trump Becomes First US President to set foot in North Korea As He Meets Kim by Nbote(m): 10:21am On Jun 30, 2019
Despite all d criticisms and crazy leadership style, Trump is actually doing a whole right

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Re: Trump Becomes First US President to set foot in North Korea As He Meets Kim by TheAviator: 10:36am On Jun 30, 2019
Nbote:
Despite all d criticisms and crazy leadership style, Trump is actually doing a whole right
Exactly, the guy has the right instict
Re: Trump Becomes First US President to set foot in North Korea As He Meets Kim by dermmy(m): 10:46am On Jun 30, 2019
Trump is about to run for second term and he is seeking a great applause from Americans hence this meeting. A meeting that won't stop North Korea from disarming. America should stop doing things her own way this her policy of 'negotiation with no preconditions' has to stop.
The same thing they are telling Iran. America can't be trusted anymore, Libya disarmed completely but we know what happened later. Now you want North Korea to disarm completely before giving sanction relief, it won't work.

North Korea won't give up her nukes without some concessions from the US. Donald Trump needs to show Americans that he is good at negotiating and election time is near, he needs a symbolic achievement like the killing of the world's most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden by Obama's administration hence the DMZ meeting. You can see he is really serious about meeting Kim by writting him a letter last week.
Re: Trump Becomes First US President to set foot in North Korea As He Meets Kim by amaniro: 11:05am On Jun 30, 2019
dermmy:
Trump is about to run for second term and he is seeking a great applause from Americans hence this meeting. A meeting that won't stop North Korea from disarming. America should stop doing things her own way this her policy of 'negotiation with no preconditions' has to stop.
The same thing they are telling Iran. America can't be trusted anymore, Libya disarmed completely but we know what happened later. Now you want North Korea to disarm completely before giving sanction relief, it won't work.

North Korea won't give up her nukes without some concessions from the US. Donald Trump needs to show Americans that he is good at negotiating and election time is near, he needs a symbolic achievement like the killing of the world's most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden by Obama's administration hence the DMZ meeting. You can see he is really serious about meeting Kim by writting him a letter last week.


Imaging analyzing something that doesn't concern you directly.

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Re: Trump Becomes First US President to set foot in North Korea As He Meets Kim by Omalle: 11:06am On Jun 30, 2019
Donald Trump is a great leader, He is the right man for America at a time like this

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Re: Trump Becomes First US President to set foot in North Korea As He Meets Kim by dermmy(m): 11:20am On Jun 30, 2019
amaniro:



Imaging analyzing something that doesn't concern you directly.

grin Why did you read it too. E no consign you direcly too na. North Korea na your country? Abi Trump na your president grin
Re: Trump Becomes First US President to set foot in North Korea As He Meets Kim by tolexy007(m): 11:53am On Jun 30, 2019
dermmy:
Trump is about to run for second term and he is seeking a great applause from Americans hence this meeting. A meeting that won't stop North Korea from disarming. America should stop doing things her own way this her policy of 'negotiation with no preconditions' has to stop.
The same thing they are telling Iran. America can't be trusted anymore, Libya disarmed completely but we know what happened later. Now you want North Korea to disarm completely before giving sanction relief, it won't work.

North Korea won't give up her nukes without some concessions from the US. Donald Trump needs to show Americans that he is good at negotiating and election time is near, he needs a symbolic achievement like the killing of the world's most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden by Obama's administration hence the DMZ meeting. You can see he is really serious about meeting Kim by writting him a letter last week.


you even wail more than the Americans

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Re: Trump Becomes First US President to set foot in North Korea As He Meets Kim by amaniro: 12:09pm On Jun 30, 2019
dermmy:


grin Why did you read it too. E no consign you direcly too na. North Korea na your country? Abi Trump na your president grin


It's all still directed to you because I didn't even read it. It doesn't concern me.

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