MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-26-18] said he is considering three or four dates as well as five locations for his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, adding that it remains unclear whether the meeting will occur. Trump, speaking in an interview on Fox News Channel, said that then Secretary of State-designate and CIA chief Mike Pompeo’s meeting with Kim in North Korea over the Easter weekend a few weeks ago was unplanned…Pompeo, who was sworn in as secretary of state on Thursday, and Kim spoke for more than an hour in what Trump said was ‘more than a hello…’ North Korea has developed nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States, heightening international tensions, and Trump hopes to persuade Kim to give them up. A Trump-Kim meeting would be the first between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader. South Korean President Moon Jae-in was scheduled to meet with Kim on Friday. A White House official has said Trump may meet with Moon before the U.S-North Korea meeting.”
–Reuters Staff, “Trump says he is weighing options for North Korea meeting,” Reuters, April 26, 2018 5:55 am