The New York Times reports:
President Trump announced on Friday that the summit meeting he had canceled with North Korea’s leader will be held after all, the latest twist in a nuclear-edged diplomatic drama that has captivated and confused much of the world.
The president rescheduled the get-together with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, barely a week after scrubbing it on the grounds that Mr. Kim’s government had shown “open hostility” toward his administration. In the days since, both sides worked to bridge the divide and proceed with the meeting.
The reversal followed an Oval Office meeting on Friday afternoon with a high-ranking North Korean envoy who delivered a personal letter from Mr. Kim to Mr. Trump. The envoy, Kim Yong-chol, the former North Korean intelligence chief and top nuclear arms negotiator, became the first North Korean official to set foot in the White House since 2000 and only the second ever to meet with a sitting American president.
NEW: U.S.-North Korea summit is back on, Pres. Trump says; “June 12, we will be in Singapore. I’ve never said it happens in one meeting — you’re talking about years of hostility, years of problems, years of hatred between so many different nations.” https://t.co/he9uLA17dy pic.twitter.com/hSYtXLcBxQ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 1, 2018
Trump lowering expectations and pressure by essentially saying June 12 meeting w/Kim Jong-un will be a photo op
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 1, 2018
Trump lowering expectations: “we’re not going to go sign something on June 12. the process will begin”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 1, 2018
Trump lowering expectations for what will happen at Singapore summit: "It will be a beginning. I've never said it will all happen in one meeting."
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 1, 2018
Trump says June 12 summit with North Korea is back on as a “get-to-know-you situation”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 1, 2018