{"id":39584,"date":"2018-04-26T19:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T19:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/26\/trump-says-north-korea-has-made-major-nuclear-concessions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:48:31","slug":"trump-says-north-korea-has-made-major-nuclear-concessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/26\/trump-says-north-korea-has-made-major-nuclear-concessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says North Korea has made major nuclear concessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump said Thursday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/24\/in-big-shift-trump-assesses-kim-jong-un-as-very-honorable\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">North Korea has made concessions<\/a> to the U.S. in advance of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/24\/us-wont-ease-sanctions-without-action-by-north-korea-on-nukes\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">potential summit<\/a> with Kim Jong Un in the coming months, while the U.S. hasn\u2019t given up anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump cited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/20\/seoul-north-korean-leader-removes-major-nuclear-sticking-point\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">pledges on denuclearization<\/a>, testing, research, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/trump-says-north-korea-agreed-to-denuclearize-it-hasnt\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">closing some nuclear sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m saying to myself wait a minute, all of these things he\u2019s given up and we haven\u2019t even really that much asked them,\u201d Trump told \u201cFox &amp; Friends.\u201d He added: \u201cWe would have asked them, but they gave it up before I even asked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/18\/us-forces-in-korea-arent-packing-up-just-yet-heres-why\/\" 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=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-927755548.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 forces in Korea aren\u2019t packing up just yet. Here\u2019s why.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Any peace deal with North Korea is unlikely to have an immediate impact on the 23,000 U.S. troops deployed on the peninsula.<\/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\">North Korea recently announced it will close its nuclear test site and suspend nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests. Kim has indicated he\u2019s also ready to discuss denuclearization but it remains unclear whether he\u2019d really be willing to give up nuclear weapons his nation already has, and what he\u2019d want in return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has argued that the only concession he has made to North Korea was his surprise decision last month to accept Kim\u2019s invitation for a meeting \u2014 the first ever between the leaders of the United States and North Korea during six decades of hostility. \u201cI never gave up anything,\u201d Trump repeated.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/road-to-north-koreas-denuclearization-is-littered-with-failure\/\" 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=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18111355411423.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\">Road to North Korea\u2019s denuclearization is littered with failure<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">While Seoul and Washington welcomed Pyongyang\u2019s declaration on Saturday to suspend further intercontinental ballistic missile tests and shut down its nuclear test site, the past is littered with failure.<\/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 acknowledged the rhetoric that both he and Kim deployed over the last year and the schoolyard taunts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/01\/17\/north-korea-scoffs-at-trumps-nuclear-button-tweet\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">nuclear \u201cbuttons\u201d<\/a> was \u201cvery, very nasty\u201d and heightened fears of nuclear war. \u201cThis is a much more dangerous ballgame now, but I will tell you it\u2019s going very well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said \u201cthe nuclear war would have happened if you have weak people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18116724798056.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18116724798056.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18116724798056.jpg.jpg?resize=300,209 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18116724798056.jpg.jpg?resize=768,536 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Then-CIA director Mike Pompeo shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea, during a 2018 Easter weekend trip. President Donald Trump revealed more information about Pompeo&#8217;s secret trip to North Korea, saying Pompeo wasn&#8217;t supposed to meet with Kim, but that they ended up talking for more than an hour. Pompeo, who won Senate confirmation April 26, to become secretary of state, was the most senior U.S. official to meet a North Korean leader since 2000. (White House via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump revealed more information about outgoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/18\/us-officials-say-pompeo-has-met-with-north-koreas-kim\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">CIA Director Mike Pompeo<\/a>\u2019s secret trip to North Korea this month, saying Pompeo wasn\u2019t supposed to meet with Kim, but that they ended up talking for more than an hour. Later Thursday, the White House released photos of Pompeo and Kim shaking hands. Pompeo, who won Senate confirmation Thursday to become secretary of state, was the most senior U.S. official to meet a North Korean leader since 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey had a great meeting,\u201d Trump said, without revealing what they discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, the diplomatic initiative lies in the hands of the rival Koreas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, a key U.S. ally, were to meet Friday in the heavily militarized frontier between the Koreas. Moon will be looking to make some headway on the nuclear issue in advance of the Trump-Kim summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They\u2019re also expected to discuss ways to both improve relations and settle the 1950-53 Korean War, which was halted with an armistice, not a peace treaty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump said Thursday that North Korea has made concessions to the U.S. in advance of a potential summit with Kim Jong Un in the coming months, while the U.S. hasn\u2019t given up anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":79646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":8,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,8,12,25,67],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1179],"class_list":["post-39584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-flashpoints","category-news","category-newsletters","category-pentagon-congress"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"MFG45HCPI5HPRDRLA3WIF4Y4LM","arc_canonical_url":"\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/26\/trump-says-north-korea-has-made-major-nuclear-concessions\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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