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: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday June 14 2018, @01:36AM (2 children)
US policy has failed to achieve it's goals for the past 60 years. Trump does something different, and suddenly we're closer to seeing the goal achieved. Trump hasn't achieved a touchdown, but he's got a first down and ten, ass opposed to 4th down and 40.
(Score: 2) by digitalaudiorock on Thursday June 14 2018, @11:53PM (1 child)
Holy crap. We most certainly are not. What's changed besides nothing? The way I see it here's where it stands:
1. There's no way Kim's ever coming close to de-nuclearization.
2. Even if he claimed he was it would almost surely be unverifiable. They've been building underground bunkers all over the country to hide all the weapons for decades.
3. His conventional weapons and massive army pose a huge threat anyway.
4. Even if none of the above were true, and the did de-nuclearize, and we opened up trade etc, all we've done is to let him use his nuclear weapons to strong arm us into giving one of the worlds worst dictators a complete pass on all of his human rights violations.
Even the BEST possible pipe dream case is huge looser for us and the world and a win win for Kim. Lucky for Trump his followers won't look past the photo-ops and will be calling for a fucking Nobel Piece prize.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday June 15 2018, @01:20AM
I seem to recall a recent past president, and a country called Cuba, in which we gave them everything they wanted, and demanded nothing in return.