North Korean leader Kim Jong Un heaped praise on President Trump in a letter to the White House before a summit in Vietnam, making clear he wished to negotiate only with the president and not his envoys, current and former U.S. officials tell NBCNews.
, their second one-on-one summit, officials across the U.S. government as well as allied governments worked to prevent the president from giving up too much in the negotiations, the current and former officials said.," said one former U.S. official."They were playing defense."
When asked about the letter and the pre-summit preparations, a State Department spokesperson said,"We don't comment on the details of our private diplomatic conversations." But it echoed other signals that the North Korean regime sought to cut Pompeo and Beguin and the professionals out of the process. U.S. diplomats met with resistance when attempting to lay the groundwork for the Feb. 27-28 summit in Hanoi, which then ended abruptly without an agreement.
Trump has cited a series of letters from the North Korean leader as proof of his excellent relationship with Kim. In September, Trump said at a rally in West Virginia that after initial tensions earlier in his presidency, the two"fell in love."March 24, 2019The Japanese government was involved in the effort to keep Trump from making concessions and remained deeply concerned about a potential damaging outcome in the run-up to the Hanoi talks.
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