MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Donald Trump will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Feb. 27 and 28, the latest sign of thawing tensions between two leaders who had publicly traded insults and threats of military confrontation. Trump announced the meeting Tuesday [2-5-19] night during the State of the Union address, saying it was part of ‘a bold new diplomacy’ that has already yielded tangible results…That claim drew skepticism from Democrats in the House chamber and North Korea experts on Twitter…The last nuclear test North Korea conducted was in September 2017. The regime launched an intercontinental ballistic missile in November 2017. Some experts said the regime no longer needs to conduct such tests because of advances in its nuclear weapons program. Less than a year ago, Trump and Kim held a historic meeting in Singapore. Since then, Trump has claimed North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat, but independent analysts have questioned that assessment.”
–John Fritze and Deirdre Shesgreen, “Trump to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Vietnam in two weeks for the pair’s second summit,” USA Today, February 6, 2019 4:22 pm