Trump pulls out of North Korea summit

The US president said his decision had been taken on the basis of North’s Koreas ‘anger and open hostility’

24 May 2018, 4:07pm

US President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jung-Un that was scheduled to take place on 12 June in Singapore.

Trump said he had taken the decision based on the “tremendous anger and open hostility” in a recent North Korean statement.

The decision was communicated to Kim in a letter, with Trump also saying he was looking forward to meeting “some day”.

A letter from the President to Chairman Kim Jong Un: "It is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting." pic.twitter.com/3dDIp55xu1
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 24, 2018