NORTH KOREA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un got ‘on his hands and knees and begged’ for their summit to be held after Mr. Trump canceled it last month. Mr. Giuliani counseled a similar approach to Trump administration negotiations with Palestinian officials in a future Middle East peace process. Speaking at an investment conference in Israel hosted by the ‘Globes’ newspaper, Mr. Giuliani said Mr. Trump canceled the summit last month because senior North Korean officials insulted top Trump administration officials…After Mr. Trump canceled the meeting, Mr. Giuliani said: ‘Well, Kim Jong Un got back on his hands and knees and begged for it, which is exactly the position you want to put him in.’ A man who answered the phone at North Korea’s United Nations office said no one was available to comment. With the summit plans back in place the U.S. has the upper hand, Mr. Giuliani said. It wasn’t clear whether Mr. Giuliani was referring to a May 25 statement by a North Korean Foreign Ministry official or to other contacts between the U.S. and North Korea.”
-Felicia Schwartz, “Kim Jong Un Begged for Summit ‘on His Hands and Knees,’ Giuliani Says,” The Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2018 9:57 am