The Trump-Kim Vietnam Summit – First Pictures of Handshake, Dinner, Trump-Kim Mania (LIVE Updates)
President Donald Trump travels to Vietnam on Monday to continue courting North Korea’s despotic leader into a nuclear deal.
Nexter.org reports about the second Trump-Kim summit. This is a developing story, follow us for updates.
High stakes, low expectations
Vietnam’s Hanoi is hosting the second summit between North Korea and the United States on February 27-28.
The denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and ending international sanctions against Pyongyang are expected to be the main topic of discussion on the agenda between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump.
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Last year, Nexter.org reported about a landmark summit in Singapore, the first between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader.
The June 2018 meeting produced a vague statement in which Kim and Trump outlined four commitments without an exact timeline:
- establishing “new relations” for peace and prosperity;
- building a “lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula”;
- working “towards denuclearisation”;
- recovering and repatriating the remains of soldiers killed during the 1950-1953 Korean War.
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Trump and Kim share dinner (8:04 a.m. ET)
Source: Evan Vucci/AP
The White House says fewer reporters will cover the Trump-Kim dinner citing the “sensitive nature of the meetings.”
Nothing like having a nice private dinner,” Trump joked as a limited pool of reporters took photos.
Source: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Seated at a round table with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Trump asked photographers to make him and Kim “look good” in their photos.
“We’re going to have a very busy day tomorrow,” Trump said, adding later: “Our relationship is a very special relationship.”
Trump shakes hands with Kim (6:40 a.m. ET)
Source: CNN
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim have met for the second time.
The two leaders clasped hands and posed in front of flags smiling as a large international press corp took photos and shouted questions.
Trump tweets insults from Vietnam
Trump has already made his first tweet from Vietnam and it’s an opportunity to take a shot at Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, who he called a “fraud.”
I have now spent more time in Vietnam than Da Nang Dick Blumenthal, the third rate Senator from Connecticut (how is Connecticut doing?). His war stories of his heroism in Vietnam were a total fraud – he was never even there. We talked about it today with Vietnamese leaders!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 27, 2019
However he still remains silent a quickly escalating crisis in Kashmir, and new allegations against him made by his former lawyer Michael Cohen.
Mike Pompeo also arrived in Hanoi
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also arrived in Hanoi, on Tuesday, a reporter traveling with him said.
Pompeo has been Trump’s top envoy in his efforts to improve ties with the reclusive North and has made several trips to Pyongyang to negotiate steps towards ending its nuclear program.
Vietnam issues silver coins to celebrate Trump-Kim Summit
Source: Vietnam Philately Co.
Three hundred silver coins will be issued today to welcome the summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un.
The coin is designed with two faces, one face with the image of a dove, a symbol of peace, an olive branch and the flags of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the USA. The other face has the image of a lotus and the date of the summit, said a representative of Vietnam Philately Co which is assigned to make the coins.
North Korean leader’s luxury train with Mercedes on board
Kim, traveling from the North Korean capital by train, arrived at the station in the Vietnamese town of Dong Dang after crossing over the border from China, a Reuters witness at the station said.
Bizarre moment terrified-looking aide sprints down red carpet after missing cue and leaving Kim Jong Un unaccompanied on exit from bullet-proof train in Hanoi
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North Korea's Chairman Kim Jong-un Special Train Hanoi, Vietnam Arrive at Dongdang Station for "North Korea & the US Summit"
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Kim Jong Un’s famous running bodyguards were back in action on Tuesday.
Source: YTN
Kim left his train in Dong Dang and set off on the 170 km (105 miles) journey to the capital, Hanoi, by car.
He is thought to be traveling with his sister Kim Yo-jong and one of his key negotiators, former General Kim Yong-chol.
Trump-Kim mania
From Trump- or Kim-style haircuts to burgers named “Kim Jong Yum” and “Durty Donald”, artists and businesses in Hanoi are hoping to showcase their skills and cash in on the second US-North Korea summit.
Duong Le Tuan, a barber, says more than 600 people have visited his salon since he began offering free cuts in the hairstyles of Trump and Kim a week ago.
Source: FARAS GHANI/AL JAZEERA
The Trump-Kim mania hit the streets of Hanoi early, with shopkeepers cashing in on the opportunity by selling souvenirs, including various types of T-shirts bearing the two leaders’ faces and their countries’ flags.
Source: FARAS GHANI/AL JAZEERA
A T-shirt with images of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Source: VINCENT YU/AP
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