{"id":67637,"date":"2018-05-16T19:55:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T19:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/16\/trump-us-hasnt-been-notified-about-threat-to-cancel-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:06:51","slug":"trump-us-hasnt-been-notified-about-threat-to-cancel-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/16\/trump-us-hasnt-been-notified-about-threat-to-cancel-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: US hasn\u2019t been notified about threat to cancel summit with North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Amid fresh uncertainty over his planned <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\">summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un<\/a>, President Donald Trump Wednesday said that he is committed to pressing for the country to abandon its nuclear program as part of any meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea threatened earlier in the day to scrap <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/13\/pompeo-us-will-need-to-give-kim-jong-un-security-assurances\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the historic summit <\/a>between Trump and Kim, saying it has no interest in a \u201cone-sided\u201d affair meant to pressure the North to abandon its nuclear weapons. But Trump appeared to shrug off the warning saying the U.S. hadn\u2019t been notified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe haven\u2019t seen anything, we haven\u2019t heard anything,\u201d Trump said as he welcomed the president of Uzbekistan to the White House. \u201cWe will see what happens.\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\/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\">The warning from North Korea\u2019s first vice foreign minister came after the country abruptly canceled a high-level meeting with South Korea to protest U.S.-South Korean military exercises that the North has long claimed are an invasion rehearsal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind the scenes, White House aides tried to soothe South Korean frustrations over the cancelled meeting with the North as they continue to plan for the summit, planned for June 12 in Singapore, as if nothing had changed. U.S. officials compared the threat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/19\/trump-says-he-may-leave-summit-with-north-korea-leader-if-meeting-not-fruitful\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s own warning that he might walk away <\/a>from the summit if he determines Kim is not serious about abandoning his nuclear program, saying it did not appear to be serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33570250674_538eea1880_b.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33570250674_538eea1880_b.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33570250674_538eea1880_b.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33570250674_538eea1880_b.jpg.jpg?resize=768,510 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off during Exercise MAX THUNDER 17 on April 27, 2017, at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. (Senior Airman Colville McFee\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The direction from the Oval Office to White House aides and other U.S. national security agencies Wednesday was to downplay the North Korean threats and not \u201ctake the bait\u201d by overreacting to the provocation, said a senior U.S. official. The official wasn\u2019t authorized to discuss internal conversation publicly and requested anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Security Adviser John Bolton told Fox News Radio Wednesday that \u201cwe are trying to be both optimistic and realistic at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolton, who was called out by name by the North for saying that the U.S. is seeking to seek an outcome similar to Libya\u2019s unilateral nuclear disarmament, said the personal attack raised the question of \u201cwhether this really is a sign that that they\u2019re not taking our objective of denuclearization seriously.\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\/16\/analysis-ahead-of-summit-north-korea-lobs-barbs-at-bolton\/\" 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=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18136265319802.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\">Analysis: Ahead of summit, North Korea lobs barbs at Bolton<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea has a message for U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of next month\u2019s summit: Don\u2019t listen to your new hard-line national security adviser, John Bolton.<\/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 Korean first vice foreign minister Kim Kye Gwan said in a statement carried by state media that \u201cwe are no longer interested in a negotiation that will be all about driving us into a corner and making a one-sided demand for us to give up our nukes and this would force us to reconsider whether we would accept the North Korea-U.S. summit meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump surprised even aides in March when he accepted an invitation from Kim to meet. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/08\/pompeo-en-route-to-north-korea-to-finalize-trump-kim-summit\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">met with the North Korean leader twice <\/a>to lay the groundwork for the summit, and reported that Kim had agreed to place his nuclear arsenal on the negotiating table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Department emphasized that Kim had previously indicated he understood the need and purpose of the U.S. continuing its long-planned exercises with South Korea. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the U.S. had not heard anything directly from North or South Korea that would change that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will continue to go ahead and plan the meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un,\u201d Nauert said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said earlier Wednesday that preparations for the summit were ongoing despite the cancellation threat and that Trump is \u201chopeful\u201d the meeting will still take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf it doesn\u2019t we\u2019ll continue the maximum pressure campaign that\u2019s been ongoing,\u201d she told Fox &amp; Friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oregon Democratic Sen. 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