{"id":30996,"date":"2018-06-17T19:20:36","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T19:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/17\/trump-grumbles-that-north-korea-deal-not-earning-wide-praise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:10:21","slug":"trump-grumbles-that-north-korea-deal-not-earning-wide-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/17\/trump-grumbles-that-north-korea-deal-not-earning-wide-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump grumbles that North Korea deal not earning wide praise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/12\/pentagon-assessing-trump-directive-to-cancel-korea-military-exercises\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">his deal with North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un<\/a> will save tens of millions of people from a potential nuclear war. Now he just has to get everyone else on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frustrated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/06\/12\/trumps-proposed-troop-moves-in-south-korea-raise-concerns-for-lawmakers\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">lukewarm backing<\/a> from congressional Republicans, criticism from Democratic opponents and skepticism from allies and the media, Trump made a stop on the North Lawn of the White House to promote his agreement with Kim and challenge the blowback that it\u2019s vague and lacking in clear objectives.<\/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\/06\/13\/trump-claim-raises-eyebrows-north-korea-no-longer-a-nuke-threat\/\" 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=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18164353978493.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\">Trump claim raises eyebrows: North Korea no longer a nuke threat?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump stretched credulity at home and abroad Wednesday by declaring there is \u201cno longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea\u201d after his summit with Kim Jong Un that reduced tensions but produced no details on how or when Pyongyang might disarm.<\/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\">The surprise appearance Friday on \u201cFox &amp; Friends,\u201d followed by a combative round of questions with reporters, came days after Trump returned from the Singapore summit expecting a hero\u2019s welcome and tweeting that the world now could \u201csleep well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, who prides himself as a master deal-maker, feels the agreement represents a major step toward solving an intractable foreign policy problem. He has been grumbling that not everyone agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s frustrations are all the more notable now during the honeymoon phase of the deal, when goodwill has yet to be tempered by reality. The U.S. goal of complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization, even in the most optimistic case, probably will take years \u2014 and that\u2019s assuming North Korea won\u2019t violate the accord, as it has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/road-to-north-koreas-denuclearization-is-littered-with-failure\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">every previous nuclear agreement<\/a>.<\/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\/06\/14\/trump-on-video-saluting-north-korean-general-at-summit\/\" 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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump_salute.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\">Trump on video saluting North Korean general at summit<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Trump returned the salute as Kim Jong Un smiled in the background.<\/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\">The president is facing questions about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/17\/looming-war-games-suspension-raises-concern-in-seoul\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">his public embrace of Kim<\/a> and the North Korean\u2019s autocratic leadership style, including what Trump said was a joke about the obedience of the autocratic Kim\u2019s advisers. Trump said he was doing what is necessary for peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t want to see a nuclear weapon destroy you and your family,\u201d Trump told reporters. He added: \u201cIf you\u2019re fair, when I came in, people thought we were probably going to war with North Korea. &#8230; If we did, millions of people would have been killed.\u201d<\/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\/AP18166817210666.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18166817210666.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18166817210666.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18166817210666.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump gives North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a thumbs up during their meeting at a resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (Evan Vucci\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The joint statement signed this past week by Trump and Kim promises they will work toward a denuclearized Korean Peninsula, but includes no details on how or when weapons might be eliminated or even reduced. The summit marked the first meeting between a U.S. and North Korean leader in six decades of hostility and did mark a reduction in tensions from last fall, when Trump and Kim were trading insults that raised the specter of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump emerged from the meeting convinced that he could sell the vaguely worded deal, as evidenced by his hour-plus new conference in Singapore immediately after their session. Since then, he has sent out tweets and messages, peaking with his Friday visit to the White House driveway for the impromptu press availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s his own communications director. Once again his press team is trying to catch up to him,\u201d said GOP consultant Alex Conant. \u201cHe\u2019s focused more on the optics than the policy, which is a trend we\u2019ve seen throughout this presidency.\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\/06\/12\/heres-the-video-president-trump-showed-kim-that-laid-out-the-stakes-of-the-summit\/\" 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\/AP18163345496256.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\">Here\u2019s the video President Trump showed Kim that laid out the stakes of the summit<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump, the former reality television star with a knack for theatrics, tried a dose of Hollywood drama as he sought to sway North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their historic summit.<\/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\">In a video message Friday defending the nuclear agreement, Trump said the U.S. must seize the chance to avert nuclear conflict \u201cat all costs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur world has seen more than enough conflict. If there\u2019s a chance at peace, if there\u2019s a chance to end the horrible threat of nuclear conflict, then we must pursue it at all costs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump believes President Barack Obama would have gotten a different reception. And Trump thinks he should receive credit for making an agreement on an issue where Obama was unable to make progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has called lawmakers to express enthusiasm for the agreement, but also complained that he has not had more robust support from GOP lawmakers, said a person with knowledge of those calls, who spoke on condition of anonymity to share internal conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among Trump\u2019s most vocal supporters is Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who led negotiations to set up the summit and will hold talks with the North to work out details of the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The challenge of defending the agreement became apparent this past week when Pompeo lashed out at a reporter who asked how the U.S. would verify the North\u2019s compliance with the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI find that question insulting and ridiculous and, frankly, ludicrous,\u201d Pompeo said in Seoul, where he was seeking to reassure U.S. ally South Korea about Trump\u2019s negotiation, including a surprise halt to joint military exercises involving the U.S. and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s press strategy comes after a bare-bones messaging plan around the summit, when White House officials seemed unable to answer questions about the broadly worded joint statement. Trump\u2019s announcement that he would halt the exercises appeared to catch Pentagon officials unaware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House staff said Trump\u2019s seat-of-the-pants changes on the day of the summit undercut their plans to roll out the agreement. Those plans included trying to change the time of his news conference to deciding he personally wanted to reveal the contents of the deal live. He changed his mind after news photographs showing the signed agreement text appeared on television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Josh Lederman in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump says his deal with North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un will save tens of millions of people from a potential nuclear war. 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