FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just arrived at Virtual G20. Was here yesterday also (early), but some of the Fake News Media failed to report it accurately – as usual. My speech is available (they said I didn’t make a speech).“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 22, 2020 2:13 am […]
Category: Summit
12/5/2019
NATO/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is in his element when he abandons diplomatic protocol and enters fighting mode. And often, those fights are with America’s historic allies. The president’s open clashes at the NATO leader’s gathering this week with the leaders of France and Canada are a case in point. At the same time, […]
9/10/2019
IVANKA/SUMMIT/TRUMP FAMILY: “RT @IvankaTrump: Great to be w/ +175 leaders from gov, industry & academia for the @WhiteHouse #AIinGovSummit to highlight innovative effor…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 10, 2019 7:42 am […]
9/9/2019
AFGHANISTAN/SUMMIT/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump declared on Monday [9-9-19] that peace talks with the Taliban were ‘dead,’ but signaled that he would still withdraw United States troops from America’s longest war, following the collapse this weekend of a monthslong effort to ease violence in Afghanistan. Expressing impatience with the continued burden of keeping 14,000 troops […]
8/6/2019
SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “An international summit meeting on Tuesday [8-6-19] that was meant to break the political stalemate in Venezuela became a one-sided showcase for the United States’ toughest sanctions yet on President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian regime. During the conference of more than 50 countries in Lima, Peru, the Trump administration rejected compromises proposed by […]
7/13/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @THEHermanCain: Thank you to @realDonaldTrump for the invite to the White House Social Media Summit. I enjoyed my time and am grateful f…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 13, 2019 6:38 am […]
7/13/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @THEHermanCain: Thank you to @realDonaldTrump for the invite to the White House Social Media Summit. I enjoyed my time and am grateful f…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 13, 2019 6:38 am […]
7/13/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @THEHermanCain: Thank you to @realDonaldTrump for the invite to the White House Social Media Summit. I enjoyed my time and am grateful f…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 13, 2019 6:38 am […]
7/12/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RobertBluey: Grateful to attend today’s #SocialMediaSummit with 250 other digital leaders, members of Congress & Cabinet secretaries wh…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2019 6:54 am […]
7/12/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @IWV: ? iPhones fully charged (✅) at the @WhiteHouse #SocialMediaSummit?? https://t.co/SlJOM1j0aT” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2019 6:53 am […]
7/11/2019
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A big subject today at the White House Social Media Summit will be the tremendous dishonesty, bias, discrimination and suppression practiced by certain companies. We will not let them get away with it much longer. The Fake News Media will also be there, but for a limited period..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
7/11/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As he opened an event that had brought 200 conservative social media firebrands to the White House, President Trump wanted his guests to know just how much he appreciated their work helping shape the online narrative about his presidency and a re-election fight…Mr. Trump was once an outsider political candidate […]
7/11/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A big subject today at the White House Social Media Summit will be the tremendous dishonesty, bias, discrimination and suppression practiced by certain companies. We will not let them get away with it much longer. The Fake News Media will also be there, but for a limited period..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
7/11/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House will be hosting a very big and very important Social Media Summit today. Would I have become President without Social Media? Yes (probably)! At its conclusion, we will all go to the beautiful Rose Garden for a News Conference on the Census and Citizenship.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July […]
7/10/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Trolling on the internet was once a thankless pastime. Make edgy jokes on the right message board, get your sarcastic memes noticed by the right people, and you might score some retweets and Reddit upvotes, but that was about the extent of it. For today’s right-wing trolls, though, there is a bigger […]
6/5/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [6-5-19] hesitated to criticize the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amid muddied reports that some of the country’s top representatives in nuclear talks with the U.S. had been purged or killed. Last week, a South Korean newspaper reported that Kim Yong Chol, North […]
4/25/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia made a public show of support for North Korea on nuclear disarmament, seeming to undermine President Trump’s approach to nuclear diplomacy, as Mr. Putin and Kim Jong-un on Thursday [4-25-19] wrapped up their first summit meeting. Russian officials have long insisted they wanted to support […]
4/25/2019
DRUGS/MELANIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: President @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, yesterday for the Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, con…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 25, 2019 12:17 pm […]
4/19/2019
NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “South Korean President Moon Jae-in has a message from President Donald Trump to relay to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean diplomatic sources told CNN Friday…Trump and Moon met at the White House a week ago to discuss plans for reviving the diplomatic process between the US and […]
4/16/2019
DRUGS/MELANIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will discuss the opioid crisis at an Atlanta summit. The White House announced the April 24 appearance at the Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit on Twitter Tuesday, saying the Trumps will speak ‘about their fight to end the opioid crisis in America.’ Trump […]
4/13/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I agree with Kim Jong Un of North Korea that our personal relationship remains very good, perhaps the term excellent would be even more accurate, and that a third Summit would be good in that we fully understand where we each stand. North Korea has tremendous potential for…….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
4/11/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Trump said on Thursday [4-11-19] that he would be open to a third summit meeting with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, suggesting he is keen to revive a high-stakes engagement that was abruptly suspended six weeks ago after the two leaders failed to strike a nuclear disarmament deal in […]
3/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “United States President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, are set to meet for a summit next month amid uncertainty over the future of nuclear negotiations with North Korea. Moon and Trump are scheduled to hold talks April 11 in Washington to ‘discuss the latest developments regarding […]
3/8/2019
NORTH KOREA/SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea acknowledged for the first time on Friday [3-8-19] that the summit meeting last week between its leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump ended without an agreement, claiming that people ‘in and outside’ the North were blaming the United States for the breakdown. Until now, North Korea’s state news media […]
3/6/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [3-6-19] he would be ‘very disappointed’ in Kim Jong Un if North Korea is rebuilding a rocket launch site just days after the two boasted of their strong relationship during a summit in Vietnam…Satellite imagery released this week suggested North Korea began rapidly rebuilding the launch site […]
3/1/2019
NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nothing in his summit with Kim Jong Un became President Donald Trump like the leaving it (to paraphrase Macbeth). ‘Sometimes you have to walk,’ Trump said at a closing news conference in Hanoi, after his abortive talks with the North Korean dictator. At least he had a closing news conference. The […]
3/1/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is claiming his relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un (gihm jung oon) is ‘very good,’ despite the collapse of the two leaders’ summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. A day after returning to Washington, Trump said on Twitter on Friday [3-1-19] that the two had ‘very substantive negotiations.’ He […]
3/1/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump embarked on his trip to Vietnam with a political cloud hanging over his head and keen to show progress on a thorny foreign policy issue that has befuddled many of his predecessors. Now, he is just back from a Hanoi summit with North Korea that collapsed and […]
3/1/2019
HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump responded to criticism Friday [3-1-19] about his apparent acceptance of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s denial that he had any involvement in the death of a young American who had been held in North Korean custody…After meeting with Kim in Vietnam for a summit on North […]
3/1/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Great to be back from Vietnam, an amazing place. We had very substantive negotiations with Kim Jong Un – we know what they want and they know what we must have. Relationship very good, let’s see what happens!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 1, 2019 7:49 am […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There were encouraging signs leading up to the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. For his part, Trump signaled a subtle but important shift in his approach toward North Korea’s denuclearization — repeatedly saying, ‘Speed is not important to me’ and ‘I’m in no […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Time is not on President Donald Trump’s side if he still hopes to put a stop to North Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions after the collapse of his summit with Kim Jong Un. Negotiators seeking to lay new groundwork for a potential agreement will probably have to proceed in a far more […]
2/28/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is drawing praise from unlikely corners for his surprise decision to walk away from the historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. ‘President Trump did the right thing by walking away and not cutting a poor deal for the sake of a photo op,’ Senate […]
2/28/2019
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump walked away from a summit with North Korea on Thursday [2-28-19] saying his administration was ‘positioned to do something very special’ on denuclearization. Experts had their doubts. Trump’s own Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo even acknowledged the lack of progress with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un: […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the end, President Donald Trump did the unexpected: He walked away. A visibly deflated Trump began the news conference wrapping up his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by talking about anything else. He riffed on the potential nuclear crisis between India and Pakistan. The violent crackdown […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior North Korean official contradicted President Donald Trump on Thursday [2-28-19], denying that his country had insisted on the removal of all sanctions in return for dismantling a key nuclear facility. In a rare news conference addressing the reason why nuclear talks broke down in Hanoi early Thursday, North Korea’s […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump abruptly ended a long-planned summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un on Thursday [2-28-19], acknowledging the two leaders did not reach an agreement that accomplished the U.S. goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. ‘Sometimes you have to walk,’ Trump told a news conference in Hanoi that was moved […]
2/28/2019
MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There’s extra trouble brewing between Donald Trump and the press and, as usual, it’s of the president’s making. As you’ve probably read, the White House barred reporters from Reuters, The Associated Press, Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times from covering Trump’s dinner with Kim Jong Un on Wednesday [2-27-19] at the Hanoi […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump framed the breakdown of his nuclear summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un as wisely knowing when ‘to walk.’ But the stunning collapse revealed the limits of his unique brand of personal diplomacy and raised concerns about future efforts to disarm a global threat. Eyeing the history books […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States and North Korea offered conflicting accounts and traded blame on Thursday [2-28-19] after a second summit meeting between President Trump and the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, ended abruptly without any agreement on nuclear disarmament or easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. ‘Sometimes you have to walk,’ Mr. Trump […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was an unlikely bromance that began last summer in Singapore. The relationship seemed ready to blossom even more this week in Vietnam — until, suddenly, the date went sour. President Trump, who prides himself on his negotiating skills, began his second summit meeting with Kim Jong-un — the North Korean […]
2/28/2019
HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The family of Otto Warmbier, the American student who died in 2017 after being imprisoned in North Korea, spoke out on Friday about President Trump’s refusal to blame Kim Jong-un for the death of their son, saying the North Korean leader was responsible. The statement was the first reaction from […]
2/28/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The news that President Donald Trump walked away from negotiations with North Korea early and empty-handed led many experts and lawmakers to heave sighs of relief, even as the summit’s abrupt finale raises questions about where things go from here. Many had worried that the President, eager to score a […]
2/28/2019
NORTH KOREA/SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea asked for only a partial lifting of sanctions during a meeting this week with US President Donald Trump, Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said during a rare news conference early Friday [3-1-19] morning. Pyongyang would be willing to allow US experts to witness North Korea permanently dismantle uranium and […]
2/27/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un, meant to demonstrate his diplomatic gamble with North Korea is working, instead ended with no joint agreement after Kim insisted all US sanctions be lifted on his country. That was a bridge too far for the US President, who said Kim offered […]
2/26/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “When he vowed to ‘solve’ the North Korea problem just before his inauguration two years ago, President Trump made clear he meant eliminating its nuclear arsenal. But on the eve of a second meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, the president sounds prepared to accept much less, at least […]
2/26/2019
CHINA/SUMMIT/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump announced Sunday [2-24-19] on Twitter that he would be delaying an increase in tariffs against China and plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping to settle on a final trade agreement. Trump said ongoing trade negotiations with China have been “very productive” and he would delay the […]
2/25/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Trump declared on Monday [2-25-19] morning that he expects a ‘very tremendous summit’ later this week with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, suggesting again that his eventual goal is to convince Mr. Kim to abandon his nuclear weapons. Mr. Trump’s comments, at a breakfast meeting with the nation’s governors, […]
2/25/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Meeting for breakfast with our Nation’s Governors – then off to Vietnam for a very important Summit with Kim Jong Un. With complete Denuclearization, North Korea will rapidly become an Economic Powerhouse. Without it, just more of the same. Chairman Kim will make a wise decision!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, […]
2/22/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If there is anyone keeping his fingers crossed for President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, to agree on how to denuclearize the North when they meet in Vietnam this month, it is President Moon Jae-in of South Korea. With no quick fix available for South Korea’s stubborn economic […]
2/21/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set for Vietnam’s capital from Feb. 27-28. Trump and Kim met last June in Singapore, outreach the American president has said opened a path to peace. But that face-to-face hasn’t resulted in any solid plan for […]
2/21/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump hopes to move beyond pleasantries next week in his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, officials said on Thursday, describing the follow-up talks as more intensive than an inaugural round last year in Singapore. Even as he looks to convince Kim to abandon his nuclear […]
2/20/2019
G20/JAPAN/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump will visit Japan twice in the coming months, a US official told CNN. The US president will pay a formal visit to the close ally in late May, likely to Tokyo, after the country’s current crown prince Naruhito becomes Japan’s 126th Emperor. Trump will then return in late June […]
2/19/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “A week before another high-profile summit with Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump said Tuesday [2-19-19] he’s in ‘no rush’ to have North Korea denuclearize – as long it continues to hold off on testing of nuclear weapons and missiles…Trump flies next week to Hanoi, Vietnam, for two days of meetings […]
2/18/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “A senior North Korean official known as Kim Jong-un’s ‘butler’ has begun scouting hotels, factory sites and resorts in Vietnam ahead of the North Korean leader’s highly anticipated summit meeting with President Trump in Hanoi next week. The official, Kim Chang-son, who serves as Mr. Kim’s de facto chief of staff, […]
2/8/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Donald Trump said Friday [2-8-19] that he will hold his second summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Hanoi and predicted that the authoritarian country would someday become ‘a great Economic Powerhouse’ under Kim’s leadership. In a pair of tweets, Trump praised Kim and said his representatives had just […]
2/8/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Donald Trump said Friday [2-8-19] night that a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is scheduled to take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 27 and 28…Trump first announced during Tuesday’s [2-5-19] State of the Union address that he would meet Kim in Vietnam for further talks […]
2/8/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump announced that his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 27 and 28…Two Vietnamese cities — Hanoi and Da Nang — emerged as top contenders for the summit’s location, according to a source familiar with the summit’s planning. The […]
2/8/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “My representatives have just left North Korea after a very productive meeting and an agreed upon time and date for the second Summit with Kim Jong Un. It will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27 & 28. I look forward to seeing Chairman Kim & advancing the cause of […]
2/8/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will get together with the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, this month in Hanoi, choosing the capital of a communist nation for a high-stakes summit meeting intended to eliminate a potential nuclear threat, the White House said on Friday [2-8-19]…Mr. Trump revealed in his State of the Union […]
2/6/2019
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 […]
2/6/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior American negotiator arrived in North Korea on Wednesday [2-5-19] to sort out crucial details for a nuclear summit meeting in Vietnam between President Trump and the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, with only three weeks to go before the talks take place. Stephen Biegun, the Trump administration’s special representative for […]
2/5/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [2-5-19] night revealed that he plans to meet North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un for a two-day summit in Vietnam on Feb. 27 and 28, as he also boasted about averting a deadly standoff with the rogue nation…The statement confirmed POLITICO’s report earlier on Tuesday that […]
2/5/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is expected to announce during Tuesday’s [2-5-19] State of the Union address that his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place in Vietnam on February 27 and 28, according to a source familiar with the summit’s planning and Trump’s planned remarks. The city […]
2/4/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. special envoy for North Korea met with South Korea’s national security adviser on Monday [2-4-19] to discuss a planned second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Seoul’s presidential office said. Stephen Biegun explained to Chung Eui-yong Washington’s stance toward North Korea ahead of […]
1/23/2019
NORTH KOREA/SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spoke highly of U.S. President Donald Trump, state media said on Thursday [1-24-19], and expressed satisfaction over the results of talks between officials from both countries about a second summit between Kim and Trump. Kim said he would trust Trump’s approach, the North’s official KCNA […]
1/23/2019
JAPAN/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A month before President Trump is scheduled to meet for a second time with Kim Jong-un of North Korea, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan appealed to Mr. Trump to keep him in the loop as he seeks a disarmament deal with the North. Mr. Abe, speaking in an interview Wednesday […]
1/23/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, praised President Trump’s ‘unusual determination and will’ to settle their nuclear arms dispute through a second summit meeting, saying that he would move ‘step by step’ to achieve his goals in negotiations with the Americans, the North’s official news media reported on Thursday [1-24-19]. Mr. Kim […]
1/18/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February, the White House said Friday [1-18-19], the latest effort to jump-start stalled nuclear negotiations with the Asian country. The announcement, which did not give a location for the summit, comes as Trump faces […]
1/18/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will meet with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, in late February, the White House announced on Friday [1-18-19], renewing a high-level diplomatic dialogue that has eased tensions with a rogue nuclear state but has shown no progress in eliminating its nuclear arsenal. A White House official said the date […]
1/15/2019
ECONOMY/MIKE POMPEO/STEVE MNUCHIN/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will lead the American delegation to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week, filling in for President Donald Trump, two senior administration officials said. Trump, who attended last year’s Davos event, had planned to go again […]
1/9/2019
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to pursue a second summit with President Donald Trump ‘to achieve results that will be welcomed by the international community,’ Chinese state media reported on Thursday [1-10-19]. Kim also reiterated his commitment to denuclearization, according to the report by Xinhua News Agency, which followed […]
12/4/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump plans to hold a second summit meeting early next year with Kim Jong-un, even though North Korea has failed to follow through with promises to start dismantling its nuclear weapons program, John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, said on Tuesday…Mr. Bolton was referring to a pledge that the […]
11/29/2018
RUSSIA/SOUTH AMERICA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….in Argentina with President Vladimir Putin. I look forward to a meaningful Summit again as soon as this situation is resolved!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 11:34 am […]
11/28/2018
RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Kremlin said on Wednesday [11-28-18] that Washington had not informed Moscow that a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Argentina this month was canceled and that it was still being prepared. Trump said on Tuesday [11-17-18] that he might cancel the […]
11/27/2018
G20/RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [11-27-18] floated the idea of canceling a scheduled meeting with President Vladimir Putin after Russia attacked and seized three Ukranian naval vessels. The president, during an interview with The Washington Post, said he was still waiting to receive a ‘full report’ from his national security team on […]
11/27/2018
G20/SAUDI ARABIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will not meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this weekend at the G-20 summit, the White House said on Tuesday [11-27-18]. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said during a press briefing that although the White House has not ‘ruled out any interaction,’ the president’s schedule at […]
11/27/2018
RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump once mocked his predecessor as he confronted Russia’s 2014 aggression in Ukraine, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin was ‘having a great time toying with the President.’ More than four years after he made that pronouncement about then-President Barack Obama to Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump faces a similar dilemma […]
11/26/2018
CHINA/SUMMIT/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump appears to be shutting the door on a temporary ceasefire in an ongoing tit-for-tat trade war with China just days ahead of an upcoming summit in Argentina. The President told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Monday that it was ‘highly unlikely’ he would accept an […]
11/15/2018
MIKE PENCE/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will focus on creating a ‘verifiable plan’ for North Korea’s denuclearization, Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday [11-15-18], but an accounting of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and testing sites will not be a prerequisite for the meeting. […]
11/15/2018
MIKE PENCE/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday [11-15-18] that the US will not require North Korea to provide a full list of its nuclear and missile sites before President Donald Trump meets with dictator Kim Jong Un for a second summit slated for early next year. Washington and Pyongyang have been […]
11/7/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The goal of a diplomatic meeting set for Thursday [11-8-18] seemed simple: Nail down a plan for a second summit between President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. But finalizing the meeting itself — between Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, and one of Mr. Kim’s top compatriots […]
11/7/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [11-7-18] he expects to meet with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un some time early next year and that an expected meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and officials from the reclusive Asian nation will be rescheduled. ‘We’re very happy how it’s […]
11/5/2018
FRANCE/RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [11-5-18] he was unsure if he would meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a visit to Paris next week, but he will meet him at the summit of the Group of 20 nations in Argentina at the end of the month…Trump and Putin had […]
10/23/2018
RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [10-23-18] he will probably meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month, when both leaders will be in Paris for the centenary of the end of World War One. After a meeting in Moscow between Putin and Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton, officials […]
10/23/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin plan to meet in Paris next month, officials said on Tuesday [10-23-18], their first encounter since a summit in Helsinki that unleashed a storm of criticism that Trump was cosying up to the Kremlin. After a meeting in Moscow between Putin and […]
10/11/2018
RUSSIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Reports of a planned meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are not true, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday [10-11-18]. There are currently no plans for such a meeting, he said.” –Reuters Staff, “Kremlin: reports of planned Trump-Putin meeting not true,” Reuters, October 11, 2018 […]
10/7/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/SINGAPORE/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@SecPompeo had a good meeting with Chairman Kim today in Pyongyang. Progress made on Singapore Summit Agreements! I look forward to seeing Chairman Kim again, in the near future. https://t.co/bUa2pkq80s“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 7, 2018 9:42 am […]
9/27/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/SANCTIONS/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday [9-27-18] that the world is at ‘the dawn of a new day’ in confronting the threat posed by North Korea’s weapons programs but that sanctions against the country must continue for now. In a speech before the United Nations Security Council, Mr. […]
9/24/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump, arriving at the United Nations on Monday [9-24-18] morning, said he and Kim Jong Un will meet for a second time ‘quite soon’…Diplomacy between the US and North Korea has continued in fits and starts since Trump met with Kim in Singapore in June, with Trump most […]