As Twitchy reported earlier, President Trump popped into the White House briefing room to tease a major announcement by South Korea at 7 p.m. That announcement, according to early reports, seems to be that Trump has been invited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for talks.
South Korean national security adviser: "I told President Trump that in our meeting, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he's committed to denuclearization. He pledged that North Korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests." https://t.co/4hFR3QVIoi pic.twitter.com/vBWktTMuyI
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 9, 2018
Kim Jong Un invites President Trump to meet https://t.co/Cxx0p3cTMZ
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 8, 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited President Trump to meet and offered to suspend nuclear missile testing, US official says https://t.co/5bCqL5CbTL pic.twitter.com/i90nziIIjx
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 8, 2018
North Koreans are willing to consider suspending missile and nuclear testing alongside invitation for meeting, @CNN reports. pic.twitter.com/5x9GidrrcT
— Andrew Peng (@TheAPJournalist) March 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/971896724213157888
BREAKING NEWS: Kim Jong Un extending invitation to meet with @realDonaldTrump, official says https://t.co/qofzT1ejPi
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 8, 2018
FOXNews reporting an announcement expected from the White House soon that President Trump will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to discuss denuclearization of the rogue nation. #Breaking
— Kari Lake Fox 10 (@KariLakeFox10) March 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/DianneG/status/971892601296220160
https://twitter.com/DianneG/status/971895308702674944
#breaking North Korea leader Kim Jong Un invited US President Trump to meet in the message that was delivered by the South Korean delegation, according to a senior US official & offers to suspend nuclear and missile testing while talks are ongoing #DPRK
— Paula Hancocks (@PHancocksCNN) March 8, 2018
EXCLUSIVE Sr US official tells me S Korean National Security Adviser will announce at 7 pm EST from WH: an invitation from Kim Jong Un to meet Trump; no change to planned US South Korea military exercises in April and commitment by Kim Jong Un to stop nuclear & missile testing.
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) March 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/971888421886193664
Bingo. Dictators crave legitimacy and to be treated as equals by the world's leading powers, especially by the United States, while conceding nothing. It's why they should be shunned and isolated. https://t.co/anFAdwndf5
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 8, 2018
This is a terrible idea. NK has the most brutal regime in the world and they have repeatedly proven that they can't be trusted to hold up their end of any deal. Nothing good can come from this. https://t.co/t7hMpc4iBw
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) March 8, 2018
Although, given Trump's recent negotiating tactics on issues like guns and immigration, there is a 50/50 shot this meeting results in Trump promising to hand over half of our nuclear arsenal to NK and withdraw from South Korea.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) March 8, 2018
Kim Jong Un is denuclearizing and will not test any longer. Suuure.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 9, 2018
This is great. Want a meeting with Donald Trump? Test a nuke.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 9, 2018
Not everyone is down on the idea:
https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/971890245393293312
After Kim Jong Un surrenders to President Trump he is gonna get the Nobel Prize and get reelected and I'm going to laugh and then die
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) March 8, 2018
Looks like the meeting’s on:
Trump will meet Kim Jong Un by May to achieve "permanent" denuclearization, according to the South Korea national security adviser
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 9, 2018
Related:
HMM: Trump alerts WH reporters to 'major announcement' coming this evening https://t.co/cmIk5TRKJE
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 8, 2018