President Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un before their Hanoi summit in February. By John Hudson and John Hudson National security reporter focusing on the State Department and diplomacy. Email Bio Follow Josh Dawsey Josh Dawsey Reporter covering the White House Email Bio Follow May 9 at 7:50 PM President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shattered more than a year of relative tranquility Thursday with the U.S.
The return of tit-for-tat provocations demonstrated the limits of the personal relationship between Kim and Trump that the president has touted as key to overcoming decades of mistrust. In April, Kim demoted his point man for the nuclear talks, Kim Yong Chol, rebuking a prominent hard-liner and former spy chief who exasperated U.S. negotiators with his stubborn demands and aloof demeanor, two State Department officials said.
“The problem is: How do Trump and Kim overcome this stalemate?” said Sue Mi Terry, a North Korea scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former CIA analyst. “There doesn’t appear to be a way forward.” The claim about Kim displaying Jang’s head is a curiosity. Though North Korean state-run media announced in 2013 that Jang had been executed, there are no public reports of a corpse exhibition and he is believed to have been killed by firing squad.
During the Hanoi summit, Trump kept Bolton away from a dinner with Kim and told other White House officials that his adviser would not help broker a deal because he viewed the regime so negatively, the officials said. Despite his private frustrations, the president has instructed his advisers to keep a positive outlook. After North Korea launched short-range projectiles last week, Trump maintained that demeanor.
Kim has now appointed Jang Kum Chol as the new head of the United Front Department. Meanwhile, he promoted Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, who offered him more cautious assessments on the status of the negotiations, and awarded her with membership on the State Affairs Commission, said the diplomats.
The one U.S. adviser who has escaped the ire of the North is Special Representative Steve Biegun, a former Ford executive who has tangled with Bolton and other hawkish aides in his efforts to find a diplomatic solution. Biegun is viewed by many diplomats as the best hope for a breakthrough in the talks, but commanding the attention of Pyongyang has been a struggle for him.
Awwh..Does this mean you don’t love each other anymore ☹️
Very sad, so sad - according to trump, I thought they had true love:
But when Kim terminates his aids they stay terminated
What's up with tRump banning WaPo?
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