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Trump, Kim open second nuclear summit with smiles, restricted press

Source: wqad.com - Wednesday, February 27, 2019
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, leaders of nations with a long history of hostilities, opened their second summit Wednesday with smiles and friendly banter before sitting down for a dinner that will set the stage for difficult talks about North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. “I think it’ll lead to wonderful, really a wonderful situation long term,” Trump said as he sat beside Kim at the dinner table. Asked earlier if the summit would yield a political declaration to end the Korean War, Trump said, “We’ll see.” The White House restricted press access to President Donald Trump’s summit in Vietnam with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Four print reporters, including one from The Associated Press, were prohibited from covering the beginning of Trump’s dinner with Kim in Hanoi on Wednesday. That came after two of those reporters asked questions of the president during earlier events at the summit. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders released a statement that due to the “sensitive nature of the meetings we have limited the pool for dinner to a smaller group.” Sanders initially said no reporters would be allowed into the dinner. But after photographers said they would not cover it without an editorial presence, one print reporter and a radio reporter were allowed in. Kim, who spoke through an interpreter, told Trump he was “confident that we can achieve great results that everyone w
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