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KIM SUMMIT not people want it to hap- launched its atomic pro-
Continued from Front pen." gram in the 1960s and be-
"I think it's not a one-meet- Administration officials in- gan producing bomb fuel
ing deal," he said. Asked dicated that Trump actu- in the early 1990s. Past ad-
how many days he's will- ally was putting in prepara- ministrations have also used
ing to stay to talk with tion time. National Security a combination of sanctions
Kim, Trump said, "One, two Council spokesman Garrett and diplomacy to seek de-
three, depending on what Marquis noted the presi- nuclearization, but the re-
happens." dent met with Secretary of sults failed to endure.
Still he predicted he'll know State Mike Pompeo and Christopher Hill, the lead
very quickly whether Kim is National Security Adviser U.S. negotiator with North
serious about dealing with John Bolton Thursday after- Korea during the George
U.S. demands. noon "to continue their stra- W. Bush administration, said
"They have to de-nuke," tegic discussions" ahead of a summit with the North Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Japanese
Trump said. "If they don't the summit. had long been available to Foreign Minister Taro Kono during a photo opportunity at the
denuclearize, that will not Pompeo said he was con- U.S. leaders.q State Department in Washington, Wednesday, June 6, 2018.
Associated Press
be acceptable. And we fident the president would
cannot take sanctions off." be fully prepared and dis-
Trump, who coined the missed reports of division in-
term "maximum pressure" side Trump's foreign policy
to describe U.S. sanctions team over the decision to
against the North, said they embrace the meeting with
would be an indicator for Kim. In his previous role as
the success or failure of the CIA director, Pompeo told
talks. reporters Thursday, "there
"We don't use the term any- were few days that I left the
more because we're going Oval Office, after having
into a friendly negotiation," briefed the president, that
Trump said. "Perhaps after we didn't talk about North
that negotiation, I will be Korea."
using it again. You'll know Pompeo said Kim had "per-
how well we do in the ne- sonally" given him assur-
gotiation. If you hear me ances that he was willing
saying, 'We're going to use to pursue denuclearization
maximum pressure,' you'll and said U.S. and North
know the negotiation did Korean negotiating teams
not do well, frankly." had made unspecified
At another point, he said it progress toward bridging
was "absolutely" possible he the gap over defining that
and Kim could sign a dec- term as part of a potential
laration to end the Korean agreement. He would not
War. The 1950-53 conflict say whether Trump would
ended with an armistice insist that the North put an
but not a formal peace end to its chemical, biologi-
treaty. cal and ballistic missile pro-
Trump spent Thursday grams.
morning firing off a dozen Pompeo said Trump's ap-
unrelated tweets — on the proach is "fundamentally
Russia investigation and different" from prior ad-
other subjects — before ministrations. "In the past,
meeting with Japanese there'd been months and
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe months of detailed ne-
to talk about summit prep- gotiations and they got
arations and strategy. nowhere," he said. "This
"I think I've been prepared has already driven us to a
for this summit for a long place we'd not been able
time, as has the other side," to achieve."
he said. "II think they've Since taking office, Trump
been preparing for a long has repeatedly accused
time also. So this isn't a his predecessors of fail-
question of preparation, it's ing to address the nuclear
a question of whether or threat from a nation that