Fate of Trump-Kim meet hangs in balance
May 23, 2018  00:41
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The fate of the much-awaited June 12 Singapore summit between Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un loomed large as the United States President met his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in at the White House on Tuesday.

As he welcomed Moon in the Oval Office, Trump told reporters that it will be great if his meeting with Kim takes place as scheduled, but if did not, that took was fine.

"We're moving along. We'll see what happens," Trump said in response to a question.

Trump and Kim are scheduled to meet in Singapore on June 12.

However, North Korea has threatened to cancel the meeting over a joint US-South Korea military exercise. The US has said it was going ahead with the preparation.

"If it doesn't happen, maybe it will happen later...You never know about deals...I've made a lot of deals. You never really know," Trump said.

At one point he said that it may not work out for June 12.

"You will know soon," Trump told reporters about the summit.

He declined to say whether he had spoken to Kim.

"They're hardworking, great people," he said of North Koreans.

"He will be extremely happy. He will be very happy" he said of Kim and if the deal works out.  -- PTI
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