Everything you need to know about the Trump-Kim summit but were afraid to ask
Trump wants the complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantling of his nuclear weapons program. Kim is seeking a security guarantee
President Donald Trump is about to see whether his bet on North Korea will pay off: that Kim Jong Un’s desire to end his country’s economic strangulation and pariah status will prevail over the dictator’s fear of relinquishing his nuclear threat. Trump and Kim have yet to agree even on how to define denuclearization of the Korean peninsula - the stated goal of the meeting. The president wants the complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantling of his nuclear weapons program. North Korea is seeking a security guarantee - possibly including a peace treaty formally ending the Korean War - and the removal of the U.S.’s nuclear umbrella protecting allies South Korea and Japan.
The president said June 9 that he expected to know “within the first minute” if Kim was serious about giving up his weapons. The two leaders will open their history-making summit on Tuesday in Singapore with a handshake and a walk in view of the media, according to a U.S. official. The two leaders will then...
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