The following article by Phillip Rucker and Anne Gearan was posted on the Washington Post website June 11, 2018:
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and President Trump met for the first time on June 12. Here are key moments from the summit in Singapore. (The Washington Post)
SINGAPORE — President Trump shook his hand for 13 long seconds, patted him on the back and led him down a rich red carpet. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be considered the world’s greatest human rights abuser and a totalitarian collector of nuclear weapons, but as they met for the first time here Tuesday, Trump declared himself honored.
“We will have a terrific relationship, I have no doubt,” the U.S. president said with a smile, settling into an armchair opposite the North Korean leader. American and North Korean flags framed the improbable detente between two men who at the start of the year were hurling insults at one another and appeared on the brink of nuclear war. Continue reading “‘A great honor’: In a bid for history, Trump flatters North Korea’s totalitarian leader”