FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “President Donald Trump left open the door for North Korea to return to negotiations and said there were signs of progress in the nuclear standoff, his conciliatory tone marking a departure from recent hostile rhetoric toward Pyongyang…
On Tuesday, standing 35 miles from the North Korean border, Mr. Trump urged Mr. Kim to reach an agreement…
A White House spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a question about what movement Mr. Trump has seen from North Korea. A day earlier in Japan, Mr. Trump spoke of the potential for ‘something very special’ happening with North Korea if the regime would return Japanese citizens it abducted many years ago.
There was no immediate North Korean reaction to Mr. Trump’s comments through state media Tuesday…
The president’s comments came on the third day of a 10-day trip to Asia, in which the North Korean threat is featuring prominently in discussions with regional leaders. During the five-country tour, the former real-estate executive has assumed the role of lead salesman for the U.S. defense industry.”
-Michael C. Bender, “Trump Urges North Korea to ‘Come to the Table’ for Nuclear Negotiations,” The Wall Street Journal online, Nov. 7, 2017 07:34am