{"id":105476,"date":"2018-05-22T20:40:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T20:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/22\/trump-suggests-summit-with-kim-jong-un-could-be-delayed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:28:10","slug":"trump-suggests-summit-with-kim-jong-un-could-be-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/22\/trump-suggests-summit-with-kim-jong-un-could-be-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump suggests summit with Kim Jong Un could be delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/16\/trump-us-hasnt-been-notified-about-threat-to-cancel-summit\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">planned historic meeting<\/a> with North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un could be delayed. He said, \u201cThere\u2019s a very substantial chance that it won\u2019t work out\u201d for June 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump raised the possibility that the meeting could be pushed back during a White House meeting with South Korea President Moon Jae-in, trying to coordinate strategy as concerns mounted over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/20\/south-korea-downplays-north-koreas-threats-to-cancel-talks\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">ensuring a successful outcome<\/a> for the North Korea summit.<\/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\/05\/21\/report-us-shifted-planned-b-52-flight-due-to-south-korean-security-concerns\/\" 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\/3825631.jpg_7513ab.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\">Report: US shifted planned B-52 flight due to South Korean security concerns<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A U.S. flight of B-52 Stratofortress bombers was re-routed following threats that North Korea would withdraw from a historic summit scheduled for June 12 in Singapore with President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing U.S. officials.<\/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 told reporters: \u201cIf it doesn\u2019t happen, maybe it happens later,\u201d reflecting recent setbacks in efforts to bring about reconciliation between the two Koreas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/15\/north-korea-threatens-to-cancel-summit-over-us-south-korea-military-exercises-news-report-says\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">pulled out of planned peace talks<\/a> with the South last week, objecting to long-scheduled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/16\/this-is-the-military-exercise-that-has-kim-jung-un-spooked-and-may-throw-a-wrench-in-trumps-historic-summit\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">joint military exercises<\/a> between U.S. and Republic of Korea forces. And the North threatened to abandon the planned Trump-Kim meeting over U.S. insistence on denuclearizing the peninsula, issuing a harshly worded missive that the White House dismissed as a negotiating ploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are certain conditions that we want,\u201d Trump said Tuesday. He added if they aren\u2019t met, \u201cwe won\u2019t have the meeting.\u201d He declined to elaborate on those conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18142607354991.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18142607354991.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18142607354991.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18142607354991.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-In in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Washington. (Evan Vucci\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said \u201cthere\u2019s a very substantial chance\u201d that the meeting won\u2019t take place on June 12. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean it won\u2019t work out over a period of time,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it may not work out for June 12. But there is a good chance that we\u2019ll have the meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moon said in the Oval Office that the \u201cfate and the future\u201d of the Korean Peninsula hinged on the talks, telling the U.S. president that they were \u201cone step closer\u201d to the dream of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said he\u2019d noticed \u201ca little change\u201d in Kim Jong Un\u2019s \u201cattitude\u201d after Kim took a second trip to China this month in the run-up to the summit. \u201cI don\u2019t like that,\u201d Trump 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\/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\">Trump said he hoped that Chinese President Xi Jinping was committed to the goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, calling him a world-class poker player. But he said he was displeased by China\u2019s softening of border enforcement measures against North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump encouraged Kim to seize the opportunity for the meeting and to make a deal to abandon his nuclear program, pledging not only to guarantee Kim\u2019s personal security, but also predicting an economic revitalization for the North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI will guarantee his safety, yes,\u201d Trump said, if Kim agrees to complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization. He said if an agreement is reached, China, Japan and South Korea would invest large sums to \u201cmake North Korea great.\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\/05\/22\/pentagon-report-nukes-are-central-to-north-korea-strategy\/\" 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\/AP18142653786714.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\">Pentagon report: Nukes are central to North Korea strategy<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A Pentagon report to Congress says North Korea sees nuclear weapons as central to its security, an assessment that would seem to complicate President Donald Trump\u2019s effort to persuade the North\u2019s dictator, Kim Jong Un, to give them up.<\/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 said the long-term status of the peninsula will be up to the North and South, and that the immediate goal for his summit is \u201ctwo successful Koreas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added, \u201cUltimately, maybe someday in the future\u201d you\u2019ll \u201cgo back to one Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two Koreas both seek reunification of the divided Korean Peninsula on their own terms but it has always been a distant aspiration because of the incompatibility of their political systems and their mutual suspicion. Any move toward reunification would first likely require a peace settlement to formally end the 1950-53 Korean War, which the two Koreas say they are aiming for.<\/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\/05\/22\/as-summit-looms-north-korean-media-return-to-angry-tone\/\" 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=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18142308471180.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\">As summit looms, North Korean media return to angry tone<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korean media stepped up their rhetorical attacks on South Korea and joint military exercises with the United States, warning Tuesday that a budding detente could be in danger.<\/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\">Fresh questions were raised Tuesday about North Korea\u2019s goals and motives, with a Pentagon report to Congress that says nuclear weapons are central to North Korea\u2019s strategic goal of ensuring the perpetual the rule of the Kim family dynasty. The report on North Korea\u2019s military capabilities was based on an assessment of developments in 2017 and was provided to Congress in April. It was posted online by an anti-secrecy group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>AP writer Ken Thomas contributed.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that a planned historic meeting with North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un could be delayed. 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