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TRUMP CAUSES MASSIVE CONFUSION OVER SUMMIT
by our Korean Affairs special correspondent
WARMONGERING US president Donald Trump has caused massive confusion over the proposed summit with the supreme leader of People’s Korea (DPRK), respected Marshal Kim Jong Un. This is scheduled for the 12th of June. In the space of one week, Trump claimed that the summit might be delayed, then he cancelled it but he is now saying that it is going ahead!
If the summit goes ahead it will be the first ever meeting between DPRK and US supreme leaders. It is hoped the summit would see the formal ending of the Korean War which wrecked havoc on the peninsula.
Trump’s sudden and abrupt cancellation of the summit on the 23 of May was apparently a response to a statement by DPRK Vice Foreign Minister, Ms Choe Son Hui, who had raised doubts and reservations from the DPRK side as to whether they should proceed with the summit. Ms Choe took aim at neo-conservative Vice President Mike Pence saying that “As a person involved in the US affairs, I cannot suppress my surprise at such ignorant and stupid remarks gushing out from the mouth of the US vice-president”.
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TRUMP CAUSES MASSIVE CONFUSION OVER SUMMIT
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