Analysis: Democrats lay groundwork to demand Trump's tax returns
Trump shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un following a meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi.
“It was about the sanctions,” the president said. “Basically they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn’t do that. They were willing to denuke a large portion of the areas that we wanted, but we couldn’t give up all of the sanctions for that.” Responding to a question from the New York Times's David Sanger, Trump said that Kim expressed a willingness to close North Korea's main nuclear facility in Yongbyon but that it wasn't enough to secure a deal.
“This isn’t a huge surprise. We have been papering over differences to get to Hanoi, and at some point that wasn’t going to be possible anymore. That time just happened to come to a head now.” “In a 20-second exchange on Wednesday, [Kim] did something he’s never had to as the head of the world’s most closed society: Answer a question from a foreign journalist," The Post's John Hudson.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Democrat predicts House will get Trump’s tax returns — but there are a few complicationsRep. Don Beyer is a member of the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means, which has the power to obtain a copy of President Trump’s tax returns thanks to an obscure law that’s almost a century old.
Read more »
Analysis | The top tax rate has been cut six times since 1980 — usually with Democrats’ helpRepublicans often get credit for cutting taxes on the rich, but Democrats have played a big role, too.
Read more »
Watch Live: Michael Cohen Testifying About Trump's Alleged Lies, Cover-UpsIn prepared remarks, the president's former lawyer calls him 'a racist' and 'a con man,' while apologizing for previously lying to Congress. House Republicans are expected to attack Cohen in response.
Read more »
Analysis | The question of Michael Cohen’s lie to Congress gets more complex: He blames Trump’s attorneysAnalysis: The question of Michael Cohen’s lie to Congress gets more complex — he blames Trump’s attorneys
Read more »
Analysis | Trump and Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as radical on abortionAnalysis: Trump and Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as radical on abortion
Read more »
Analysis | Democrats frame vote on Trump’s emergency declaration as a referendum on democracy itselfAnalysis | 'Not a king': Democrats frame vote on Trump’s emergency declaration as a referendum on democracy itself
Read more »
State senate passes bill that would force Trump to publish his tax returns in 2020New Jersey edges closer to introducing a law requiring all presidential candidates in the state to publish five years of tax returns. President Donald Trump has so far refused to release his own.
Read more »