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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(Score: 3, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday June 12 2018, @02:55PM
You've assessed the context for the talks correctly. Kim is turning lemons into lemonade (as far as he can).
Trump could be too, though. He wouldn't be the first president to use foreign affairs to generate the political capital he needs to get the domestic agenda he wants enacted; if he can cast himself as the guy who faced down Kim and his nuclear program, he will have minted himself political coin to do just that.
We don't know if Kim will get the better of Trump. It seems to me he's facing a lose-lose proposition. If he opens NK up, he'll be deposed. If he remains intransigent with a nuclear program that is defunct, as you have pointed out, he'll get clobbered even harder.
Washington DC delenda est.