{"id":39527,"date":"2019-02-25T20:57:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T20:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/25\/trump-kim-summit-empty-gestures-may-be-enough-for-this-president-but-they-wont-fool-me\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:04:58","slug":"trump-kim-summit-empty-gestures-may-be-enough-for-this-president-but-they-wont-fool-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/02\/25\/trump-kim-summit-empty-gestures-may-be-enough-for-this-president-but-they-wont-fool-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Kim summit: \u2018Empty gestures may be enough for this president, but they won\u2019t fool me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Ahead of President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/02\/24\/worry-about-us-south-korea-alliance-grows-before-trump-kim-summit\/\" target=_blank>talks<\/a> with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week, a key Democratic House chairman warned the president off lifting sanctions without substantive concessions from Pyongyang on human rights or denuclearization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t lift sanctions in response to hollow concessions, or empty gestures or promises of future reforms. Empty gestures may be enough for this president, but they won\u2019t fool me,\u201d House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a Center for American Progress event, Engel set out some guardrails. Tough U.S. sanctions imposed for the regime\u2019s human rights abuses or illegal nuclear program, he said, should not be eased in exchange for a political declaration of a cessation of hostilities with Seoul or economic integration with South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf North Korea wants sanctions lifted, there needs to be real progress on human rights,\u201d Engel said. \u201cFor nuclear sanctions to be lifted, there needs to be real progress on denuclearization\u2014move for move.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Engel, on Monday, vowed to keep a close eye on the results of the summit and haul administration officials before his committee if he feels America\u2019s security has been jeopardized. On the other hand, a good outcome would be if North Korea\u2019s submission to a rigorous verification regime to guarantee any concessions it makes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe devil would be in the details but if the administration brings us a deal that satisfy those requirements it will get a fair hearing. That\u2019s my commitment,\u201d Engel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2019\/02\/21\/us-troop-deployments-in-the-pacific-arent-on-the-agenda-for-trumps-north-korea-peace-talks\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19052573213536.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US troop withdrawals aren\u2019t on the table for Trump\u2019s North Korea peace talks \u2014 for now<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Administration officials say they won&#039;t offer troop withdrawals from the region as a trade for nuclear concessions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump is scheduled to meet with Kim for a second face-to-face summit aimed at bringing the rogue regime in line with international standards, including ending their nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting, scheduled in Vietnam on Feb. 27-28, builds off the meeting between the two men last June and will follow the same format, according to White House officials. That means limited public visibility into the specifics of the talks, beyond what the leaders say after the fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before departing Washington Monday, Trump predicted a \u201cvery tremendous summit\u201d and held out economic benefits for North Korea, if it chooses to denuclearize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want denuclearization, and I think he\u2019ll have a country that will set a lot of records for speed in terms of an economy,\u201d Trump told a group of governors gathered at the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4574\" height=\"3048\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19044703203805.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19044703203805.jpg.jpg 4574w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19044703203805.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19044703203805.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19044703203805.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19044703203805.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19044703203805.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4574px) 100vw, 4574px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., speaks during the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on Venezuela at Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some lawmakers and North Korea experts worry that Trump will grant too many concessions to Kim without making him honor his pledge to give up his nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They note that Kim still has a stockpile of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles and the ability to produce the uranium or plutonium needed to make more. Kim has not yet signed any deal to denuclearize his nation, and commercial satellite images indicate that he\u2019s actually moving forward with his program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday the U.S. will not move to ease economic sanctions on North Korea until it is confident that the nuclear weapons threat from Pyongyang has been \u201csubstantially reduced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, he seemed to leave open the possibility that sanctions relief was possible short of complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.N. General Assembly, in December, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/098c0e2082c54bfebf81e7cae74ae574\" target=_blank>condemned<\/a> North Korea\u2019s \u201csystematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights\u201d and its diversion of resources into pursuing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles over the welfare of its people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It noted \u201cwith concern\u201d that over 10 million North Koreans are estimated to be undernourished and that there is \u201can unacceptably high prevalence of chronic and acute malnutrition\u201d in the reclusive northeast Asian nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/02\/12\/despite-kim-summits-north-korea-still-a-threat-say-us-commanders\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19024055248070.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Despite Kim summits, North Korea still a threat, say US commanders<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Talks have lessened U.S.-North Korea tension, but Pyongyang hasn&#039;t shown verifiable denuclearization, U.S. military officials say.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/the-americas\/2019\/01\/30\/trump-targets-intel-chiefs-over-threat-assessment-of-nkorea-iran-isis\/\" target=_blank>swiped<\/a> at his intelligence chiefs after Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told Congress that Kim is unlikely to relinquish its nuclear weapons and production capabilities, because Kim views them as critical to regime survival. Engel, on Monday, dinged Trump for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPresident Trump declared in Singapore last year that North Korea no longer posed a threat, but as far as I can tell there&#8217;s been no fundamental improvement in the security of America or our allies,\u201d Engel said. \u201cMixed messages from the president and his top advisers muddled our strategy and undermined our negotiating position.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Foreign Affairs chairman Eliot Engel warned against lifting sanctions in exchange for &#8220;hollow 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