“I guess it took two meetings for him to realize that Kim Jong Un is not on the level,” the House speaker told reporters Thursday morning.
By John Wagner John Wagner National reporter leading The Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow February 28 at 12:17 PM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi needled President Trump Thursday after the collapse of his talks with Kim Jong Un, suggesting it shouldn’t have taken him so long to recognize the North Korean leader is not serious about denuclearization.
Trump’s meeting with Kim in Hanoi was abruptly cut short after he and Trump were unable to reach a deal to dismantle Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons.Talks collapsed unexpectedly amid a disagreement about economic sanctions, with the two leaders and their delegations leaving their meeting site in Vietnam’s capital without sitting for a planned lunch or participating in a scheduled signing ceremony.
Pelosi said it was “wrong” that Trump is willing to believes “thugs” like Kim. She also cited Trump’s inclination to believe Russian President Vladimir Putin’s contention that he did not interfere with the U.S. presidential election in 2016 despite a contrary conclusion for U.S. intelligence officials.Pelosi said she was grateful that Trump did not sign a deal with Kim that yielded too much ground. “It’s good that the president did not give him anything,” she said.
“I was pleased to see the president recognize North Korea’s unwillingness to strike a comprehensive deal,” Schumer said. “President Trump did the right thing by walking away and not cutting a poor deal for the sake of a photo op.”
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