Trump: Meeting with Kim to Take Place as Planned

 

U.S. President Donald Trump¹ says a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place as planned in Singapore on June 12.

The announcement reversed² an earlier decision from Trump to cancel the meeting on the North’s nuclear program.

The president spoke³ after meeting for more than an hour with Kim Yong Chol who delivered a personal letter from the North Korean leader. Kim is the vice⁴ chairman of the North Korean ruling party’s central committee and a former intelligence chief.

The president told reporters “we’re going to deal.” He said it was likely that more than one meeting would be necessary. He added, “I think you’re going to have a very positive result in the end. We will see what we will see.”

When asked about the letter from Kim, Trump called it a “very nice letter” but said he had not read it. He added with a smile, “I may be in for a big surprise, folks.”

The president said the U.S. government would not put in place any new sanctions⁵ while talks were taking place. He said signing a document officially ending the Korean War could be discussed at the upcoming meeting.

Trump also said the two did not talk about human rights. And he believed Chinese President Xi Jinping supported the talks.

Trump said he believed Kim Jong Un would agree to denuclearization. However, questions remain about what a deal on the North’s nuclear weapons would look like.

Kim is the highest-ranking North Korean official to visit the U.S. in about 18 years. On Thursday, Kim met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who also attended the meeting at the White House.

I’m Mario Ritter.

Words in This Story

deliver –v. to take something to a person or place

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 reversed   

v.（使）反转( reverse的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）颠倒；（使）翻转；推翻adj.颠倒的

参考例句：

• The new president reversed many of the policies of his predecessor. 新任总统彻底改变了其前任的许多政策。
• The appeal court reversed the original verdict and set the prisoner free. 上诉法庭撤销了原判，把那个犯人释放了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 sanctions   

批准( sanction的名词复数 )； 认可； 制裁； 约束力

参考例句：

• There was general acquiescence in the UN sanctions. 普遍默认了联合国的制裁。
• Trade sanctions were imposed against any country that refused to sign the agreement. 凡拒签该协议的国家均受到贸易制裁。