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Trump, Moon try to keep NKorea summit on track amid doubts

By ZEKE MILLER and CATH- ing of border enforcement
ERINE LUCEY measures against North
Associated Press Korea.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- “I will guarantee his safety,
dent Donald Trump la- yes,” Trump said, noting
bored with South Korea’s that promise was condi-
Moon Jae-in Tuesday to tioned on an agreement
keep the highly anticipat- to complete, verifiable and
ed U.S. summit with North irreversible denucleariza-
Korea on track after Trump tion. Trump said if such an
abruptly cast doubt that agreement is reached, Chi-
the June 12 meeting would na, Japan and South Korea
come off. Setting the stakes would invest large sums to
sky high, Moon said, “The “make North Korea great.”
fate and the future of the In North Korea itself, foreign
Korean Peninsula hinge” on journalists arrived to watch
the meeting. the dismantling of a nucle-
The summit, planned for ar test site this week in a sig-
Singapore, offers a historic nificant concession before
chance for peace on the the Trump talks.
peninsula — but also the However, fresh questions
risk of an epic diplomatic were raised Tuesday about
failure that would allow President Donald Trump meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-In in the Oval Office of the the North’s goals and mo-
the North to revive and ad- White House, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Washington. tives, with the disclosure
vance its nuclear weapons (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) of a Pentagon report to
program. past,” Moon said. U.S. of- we’ll have the meeting.” agreed to do their best to Congress saying that nu-
Trump’s newfound hesita- ficials said preparations He did not detail the condi- ensure the meeting hap- clear weapons are cen-
tion appeared to reflect for the summit were still tions he had laid out for Kim pens on June 12. Yoon said tral to North Korea’s stra-
recent setbacks in efforts to underway despite recent but said if they aren’t met, Moon told Trump that the tegic goal of ensuring the
bring about reconciliation pessimism — and privately “we won’t have the meet- North Korean leader was perpetual rule of the Kim
between the two Koreas, suggested there would be ing.” Press Secretary Sarah strongly committed to the family dynasty. The report
as well as concern whether additional public maneu- Sanders said Trump was re- meeting and the leaders on North Korea’s military
the self-proclaimed deal- vering as both sides seek ferring to a commitment to agreed that any assistance capabilities was based on
maker can deliver a nucle- to maximize their lever- seriously discuss denuclear- to North Korea would come an assessment of develop-
ar accord with the North’s age. Both parties to the ization. after complete denuclear- ments in 2017 and was pro-
Kim Jong Un. talks are invested in hold- Skepticism about the ization. High-level talks be- vided to Congress in April.
In an extraordinary public ing the meeting, with Kim North’s intentions have tween the North and South It was posted online by an
airing of growing uncer- seeing an opportunity for mounted in recent weeks would likely happen after anti-secrecy group.
tainty, Trump said “there’s international legitimacy after Kim’s government June 25. Ahead of the North Korea
a very substantial chance” and Trump the prospect pulled out of planned Trump expressed suspicion meeting, the president has
the meeting won’t happen of securing Korean stabil- peace talks with the South that the North’s recent been almost singularly fo-
as scheduled. ity — and perhaps a Nobel last week, objecting to aggressive barbs were in- cused on the pageantry
Seated in the Oval Office Peace Prize. long-scheduled joint mili- fluenced by Kim’s unan- of the summit —including
with Moon, Trump said Kim “This could be something tary exercises between U.S. nounced trip to China two the suspenseful roll-out of
had not met unspecified that comes right to the end and South Korean forces. weeks ago — his second details, senior administra-
“conditions” for the sum- and doesn’t happen,” said The North also threatened in as many months. Trump tion officials said. The White
mit. However, the presi- Secretary of State Mike to abandon the planned said he’d noticed “a little House turned heads this
dent also said he believed Pompeo. But he added Trump-Kim meeting over change” in Kim’s attitude week with the release of
Kim was “serious” about that as of now, “we’re driv- U.S. insistence on rapidly after the trip. a commemorative “chal-
negotiations, and Moon ing on.” South Korea’s na- denuclearizing the pen- “I don’t like that,” he said. lenge coin” for the summit,
expressed “every confi- tional security adviser put insula, issuing a harshly The president added that featuring profile engravings
dence” in Trump’s ability to the chance of the summit worded statement that the he hoped Chinese Presi- of Trump and Kim for the
hold the summit and bring taking place at 99.9 per- White House dismissed as a dent Xi Jinping was actu- “peace talks.” The White
about peace. cent. negotiating ploy. ally committed to the goal House said the coins were
“I have no doubt that you Trump suggested that it Moon sought to project of denuclearizing the Ko- prepared by the White
will be able to ... accom- could be delayed rather optimism after his meeting rean peninsula, calling him House Communications
plish a historic feat that than canceled: “It may not with Trump. His spokesman, a “world-class poker play- Agency, a military unit sup-
no one had been able to work out for June 12, but Yoon Young-chan, told re- er.” Trump said he was dis- porting the president’s trip,
achieve in the decades there is a good chance that porters that the two leaders pleased by China’s soften- and not the West Wing.q