Trump wrongly claims North Korea has agreed to 'denuclearization'
- President Donald Trump tweeted about North Korean denuclearization on Sunday morning, but his claims weren't entirely factual.
- The US, South Korea, and North Korea are gearing up for peace talks, which the Trump administration hopes to parlay into halting the Hermit Kingdom's pursuance of nuclear weapons.
- North Korea said it will suspend nuclear and ICBM tests, but stopped short of agreeing to denuclearize.
President Donald Trump is wrongly claiming North Korea has agreed to "denuclearization" before his potential meeting with Kim Jong Un.
A new era of diplomatic relations with North Korea is on the horizon - here's what's happened so far and intercontinental ballistic missile launches before summits with the US and South Korea. Kim also said a nuclear test site would be closed and "dismantled."
The North stopped short of suggesting it has any intention of abandoning its nuclear arsenal. But Trump tweeted Sunday that the North has "agreed to denuclearization (so great for World), site closure, & no more testing!"
South Korea's president has said Kim isn't asking for the withdrawal of US troops from the Korean Peninsula as a condition for abandoning his nuclear weapons. If true, it would seem to remove a major sticking point to a potential disarmament deal.
Trump's full tweets also called out NBC host Chuck Todd with a disparaging insult:
Though it wasn't entirely clear, the president appeared to be referring to a clip from "Meet the Press" on Sunday with White House legislative affairs director Marc Short, which Todd hosts.
Short and Todd discussed many news topics, including the impending North Korea talks.