TEHRAN, June 15 - US President Donald Trump attempted to push up his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after arriving in Singapore two days before it was planned to take place, a new report has revealed.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -The Washington Post reported on Friday that Trump grew bored as he waited for the summit on Tuesday and wanted to move it up to Monday, but his aides finally convinced him into sticking to the schedule.
"We’re here now," Trump said as he waited for the summit. "Why can’t we just do it?"
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders convinced Trump to stick to the original plan and advised him to use the time before the summit to prepare for it, the Post reported.
They also told Trump that if he pushed the meeting up, it might not get the good media coverage in the United States. Their trick worked and Trump agreed with them.
Trump and Kim arrived in Singapore on Sunday in anticipation of the first ever face-to-face meeting between leaders of the two countries, which have remained enemies since the 1950-1953 Korean War.
"Great to be in Singapore, excitement in the air!" Trump tweeted on Monday morning. He had lunch with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the country's presidential palace, where he said Tuesday's meeting would be "very interesting".
Following Tuesday’s summit, Trump and Kim signed a document described by the American leader as important and comprehensive.
The document says the US and North Korea “commit to establish [sic] new... relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity."
Trump has sounded a triumphant tone since the Singapore summit, but his critics have pointed to the vague wording of the non-binding document, which Trump called a "deal”.
Source: Press TV
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