Trump on North Korean meeting: A deal is 'very much in the making' [View all]

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Source: The Hill



BY AVERY ANAPOL - 03/09/18 07:54 PM EST

President Trump on Friday pledged that a planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would happen at an as-yet undetermined time and place and signaled a deal "is very much in the making."

His tweet came hours after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters in a press briefing that the meeting would be dependent on North Korea taking "concrete and verifiable steps."

Link to tweet

The White House announced late Thursday that Trump would accept an invitation to meet with the North Korean leader sometime before May. The announcement stunned many because it did not include a reference to preconditions for the historic meeting.

But Sanders said Friday that North Korea would have to take "concrete" steps to match their "promises."



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