NORTH KOREA - The Meeting

I trust Kim Jong Un about as far as I can pickup Trump and throw him.

"Pompeo mum on Kim Jong Un meeting amid confirmation process" PBS NewsHour 4/18/2018

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SUMMARY:  CIA director and secretary of state-designate Mike Pompeo met secretly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Easter weekend, President Trump confirmed on Wednesday.  At his recent confirmation hearing, Pompeo spoke hopefully about the upcoming Trump-Kim summit, never mentioning in public or behind closed doors that he had personally already met with Kim.  William Brangham reports.

"Trump strikes optimistic tone on North Korea, thanks Japan’s Abe for his role" PBS NewsHour 4/18/2018

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SUMMARY:  President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met reporters at Mar-a-Lago Wednesday evening, where Trump said that he would be doing everything possible to make his anticipated meeting with the leader of North Korea "a worldwide success."  Yamiche Alcindor joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the President’s remarks and the relationship between Trump and Abe.

"North Korea willing to discuss dismantling nuclear program, says Trump official" PBS NewsHour 4/18/2018

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SUMMARY:  There’s no doubt that President Trump and Kim Jong Un intend to meet, said Victoria Coates, special assistant to the President, who noted that the tone coming out of North Korea is making the Trump administration “very hopeful.”  Coates joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the meeting between CIA Director Mike Pompeo and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the potential for denuclearization and more.