President Trump seeks a news reset with Kim Jong Un after Michael Cohen's testimony
"I've been saying very much from the beginning that speed is not that important to me," Trump said at the start of his second summit with Kim."Speed is not important to me. What is important is that we do the right deal."Kim, for his part, also expressed cautious optimism a deal would eventually be struck. But he did not suggest such an accord would come soon."It's too early to say," he said."I would not say I'm pessimistic.
Despite broad pledges to denuclearize, North Korea has not taken any concrete and verifiable steps in the eight months since Trump and Kim first sat down in Singapore. And US officials signaled in the days before this summit that the joint agreement Trump and Kim are set to sign in Hanoi will not represent a dramatic breakthrough, instead aiming to lay yet more groundwork for a path forward. And they worried that Trump might make surprise concessions to Kim in his eagerness to reach a deal.
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