Skip to content
RollCall logo

Policy

Trump Nuclear Summit With Kim Jong-Un Set for Singapore in June

Historic summit on denuclearization of Korean Peninsula set for June 12

Early Thursday morning President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greeted freed American detainees from North Korea on the tarmac of Andrews Air Base May 10, 2018. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
Early Thursday morning President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greeted freed American detainees from North Korea on the tarmac of Andrews Air Base May 10, 2018. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
By Griffin Connolly
Posted May 10, 2018 at 11:10am

The plans are set for President Donald Trump to meet North Korean President Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12 for a historic meeting between the leaders of the two nations.

Trump announced the date and location of the summit via Twitter, saying that he and Kim “will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!”

Trump or Kim could still pull out of the bilateral summit, Trump has indicated numerous times in the lead-up to Thursday’s announcement.

Discussions in Singapore between the two presidents will center on plans to systematically denuclearize the Korean peninsula and thaw diplomatic tensions that have simmered since an armistice agreement signed in 1953.

Trump’s announcement comes less than 12 hours after he greeted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and three American citizens who were released from North Korean custody earlier this week.

Get breaking news alerts and more from Roll Call on your iPhone or your Android.

Recent Stories

Chair Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., speaks alongside members of the Congressional Black Caucus at an April news conference on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. This week the group announced it was united in opposing a college sports bill, calling on the NCAA to use its power to speak out against a redistricting push in southern states.

House NIL bill gets benched

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a campaign stop on May 15 in Little Elm, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

Trump backs Paxton over Cornyn in Texas runoff

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies to the Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee on Tuesday.

Blanche faces questions over DOJ ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Demonstrators gather outside the Capitol during the anti-abortion March for Life in January 2020. For Catholics who support President Donald Trump, the death penalty is a thornier issue, Curtis writes.

When believing in the sanctity of all life meets the death penalty

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., clashed with the Trump administration over the direction of the Health and Human Services Department. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Cassidy’s defeat complicates Senate Health committee’s future

Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., suggested the ballroom security funding may have to be included in a third reconciliation bill at some later date. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

GOP support for ballroom security funding gets wobbly