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President Trump meets Kim Jong Un
President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un will meet in just a few hours. Here's what to watch for and when, according to the White House schedule.
- 8 p.m. ET (June 11) / 8 a.m. Singapore (June 12): President Trump departs Shangri-La Hotel en route to Capella Singapore, where the two leaders will meet.
- 8:20 p.m. ET (June 11) / 8:20 a.m. Singapore (June 12): Trump arrives at Capella Singapore.
- 9 p.m. ET (June 11) / 9 a.m. Singapore (June 12): President Trump and Kim Jong Un greet each other. This is the big moment. Cameras will be there to capture their expected handshake.
- 9:15 p.m. ET (June 11) / 9:15 a.m. Singapore (June 12): President Trump and Kim Jong Un participate in a one-on-one bilateral meeting.
- 10 p.m. ET (June 11) / 10 a.m. Singapore (June 12): President Trump and Kim Jong Un participate in an expanded bilateral meeting.
- 11:30 p.m. ET (June 11) / 11:30 a.m. Singapore (June 12): President Trump and Kim Jong Un have a working lunch.
- 4 a.m. ET (June 12) / 4 p.m. Singapore: President Trump is expected to speak with reporters.
- 6:30 a.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. Singapore: President Trump departs Capella Singapore for Paya Lebar Air Base Singapore.
- 7 a.m. ET / 7 p.m. Singapore: Trump departs Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore, en route to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. From there, he will travel on to the United States.
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Everything you know is wrong!
(Score: 2, Insightful) by bmimatt on Tuesday June 12 2018, @12:24AM (9 children)
I'd pay "cash money" to be a fly on the wall at these meetings (with a translator).
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday June 12 2018, @12:28AM (5 children)
Kim Jong Un's high school teacher says the North Korean leader probably knows English and just pretends not to [businessinsider.com]
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(Score: 2) by legont on Tuesday June 12 2018, @12:47AM (3 children)
It was a public school so he likely speaks French and German; probably English and possibly Italian.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2) by mendax on Tuesday June 12 2018, @01:23AM (2 children)
It is said that the Un-leader speaks German and knows some English but is not fluent.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @01:13PM
Neither one is fluent in English.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @07:58PM
Given this picture:
https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/dennis-rodman-secret-kim-jong-un-daughter/2013/03/21/id/495743/ [newsmax.com]
It seems that Rodman and Un can speak just fine with each other. I don't know what languages Rodman speaks, it may not be English only, but I would guess it was English only (he is American).
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Wednesday June 13 2018, @03:53AM
Yeah, if you notice where Kim nods when Trump is speaking, it's evident Kim has at least some English. Maybe not a lot, but enough to understand what's being said there.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @12:42AM
It'll be a bunch of brown-nosing by Trump followed by some miniscule "progress" that gets heralded as a breakthrough only possible by Trump ad nauseum. Followed by N Korea not doing it but by then no-one who votes Trump gives a shit. We'll be too busy provoking $safe_target in order to generate front page noise... sorry, news. N Korea had its 15 minutes.
Nuclear tests probably won't resume anyway (they already did their 6 tests which puts them in the nuclear club) so it's long term stalemate.
The only hope is more resignations from Trump's team which is composed of "Libya model" types ready to right the world with military options.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @04:56AM
with all the other bugs in there, were would you find the space to land?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @03:32PM
That reminds me of a story I've long ago read on the net, about a demonstration of the newest espionage technology against the Soviets. It was a fly equipped with espionage technology, because a fly would not raise any suspicion. In the beginning, it seemed to work perfectly.
So be careful what you wish for. ;-)