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President Trump Set to Meet Kim Jong-un at 9 PM EDT (01:00 UTC, 9 AM Singapore)

posted by takyon on Tuesday June 12 2018, @12:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the launch-coded dept.

takyon writes:

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 c0lo on Tuesday June 12 2018, @04:14PM (6 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 12 2018, @04:14PM (#691977) Journal

    Not discounting Russia, but since then China had taken the lead, at least in Asia.

    Unlike the former USSR, China knows how to wait, and actively and "glove-handed" while at it.
    But once is set in position it's nigh to impossible to move them.
    Look at the South China Sea - US bussied itself with Iraq, then Afghanistan, then Libya, the Syria and haven't been paying enough attention to those artificial islands. Ooopsie!

    Same goes on with Africa [pri.org], letting aside the Obock base:

    A similar perspective just so happens to be held by China, which — having invested huge amounts in East Africa, especially in Ethiopia, one of the world’s fastest growing economies — wants to be able to protect its interests and investments throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

    China’s investment stock in Africa surpassed $30 billion in 2014 — 60 times more than 2000 levels — while over a million Chinese are thought to have migrated to the continent to seek out economic opportunities.
    ...
    Djibouti is also receiving more than $12 billion of investment from China for new ports and airports rising from the sands, and what is being touted as the biggest and most dynamic free trade zone in Africa.

    “We’ve been criticized for working with the Chinese, but they are doing business everywhere, it’s not just with us,” says Mohammed Ali, the secretary-general at Djibouti’s Foreign Ministry. “And if other countries are not investing here, what do you want us to do?”

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @05:31PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @05:31PM (#692012)

    Why should people in the US care about the south china sea and africa? Its not their problem. Your entire premise seems to be that the US military should be active all around the world. Why?

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday June 12 2018, @11:30PM (4 children)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 12 2018, @11:30PM (#692147) Journal

      Your entire premise seems to be that the US military should be active all around the world. Why?

      The US military is actively [voanews.com] challenging [voanews.com] the Chinese in South China Sea.
      And US dreamed of pushing back [defenseone.com] the presence of the Chinese base in Obock.

      Maybe you have to have a word with them, tell them they shouldn't.

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      • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Wednesday June 13 2018, @12:09AM (3 children)

        by Sulla (5173) on Wednesday June 13 2018, @12:09AM (#692157) Journal

        Many people did and the answer was Trump. Not since Carter has anyone in the executive proposed withdrawing from South Korea.

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