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Donald Trump has spent decades doling out superlatives. Kim could promise to destroy North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex and a few other nuclear testing sites and extend its pause of nuclear and missile tests. “I’m not in a rush, I don’t want to rush anybody, I just don’t want testing,” Trump told a group of the nation’s governors gathered for a black tie ball at the White House Sunday night. Such a declaration has been discussed in talks with North Korea for decades, but the U.S. position previously has been that it would acknowledge and end to the Korean War only after North Korea has completely given up its nuclear weapons program. But South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in has argued that a joint statement would start the process of officially ending the Korean War. Klingner believes the U.S. should not sign a peace declaration while North Korea still has a nuclear program. In addition, Klingner argues, declaring the war over would open the U.S. up to pressure to remove its 28,000 troops stationed on the Korean peninsula, a long-term goal of the North Korean leadership, and one that Trump himself has long agreed with, though it would be a break with decades of bipartisan agreement in Washington. Victor Cha, a North Korea expert at CSIS who the Trump Administration considered naming ambassador to South Korea in 2017 before his name was pulled over his objections to the White House strategy for dealing with Kim said the summit presents a “golden opportunity” for North Korean leadership to get a peace regime, which it has long sought, in exchange for “vague promises of denuclearization.” “This could be a watershed moment in the U.S. position in Asia,” said Cha. “Trump will open the door to recognizing North Korea as a de facto nuclear weapons state and could raise questions about why the U.S. still has troops on the peninsula,” Cha said. “He prefers the political win and is more concerned with that than the policy details,” Walsh said.

President Donald Trump heads to Vietnam for a summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un aimed at regional denuclearization. Market Snapshot Global stocks pulled away from multi-month highs Tuesday amid a series of geo-political risks that trimmed risked appetite in the Asia region and could ripple into the U.S. trading session ahead of key housing data and Senate testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. President Donald Trump heads to Vietnam later today for a Wednesday summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi in which the two men will attempt to solidify terms of their 2018 meeting in Singapore aimed and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Trump told reporters in Washington Monday before heading to the region, however, that his trade team was "very close" to cutting a deal with China following weeks of negotiations between Washington and Beijing, adding it "could happen fairly soon, or it might not happen at all". The President's non-committal stance on trade talk progress, despite his decision to extend a March 1 deadline on tariffs, pulled Asia stocks from their recent five-month highs and allowed U.S. equity futures to trade lower in early European hours. Markets were also unsettled by news of a air strike by Indian jets into Pakistan, the first such incursion in three years, following a suicide bomb in the Pulwama District of the disputed region of Kashmir that killed 40 Indian military policemen. The MSCI Asia ex-Japan index, the broadest measure of regional share prices, was marked 0.54% lower heading into the final hour of trading while the Nikkei 225 slipped 0.37% to end the session at 21,449.39 points. Tesla Inc. (TSLA) were a notable early market mover, falling more than 3.5% in pre-market trading Tuesday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a Federal court to hold founder and CEO Elon Musk in contempt for violating an earlier agreement on his use of social media. Caterpillar (CAT) shares were also weaker and indicated lower 3% lower after the investment bank UBS cut its rating on the industrial equipment maker and cautioned that revenue and earnings forecasts will be pressured in a slowing global economy. Global oil prices were posted modest gains in early European trading, following yesterday's 3% decline -- the biggest of the year -- that was largely triggered by President Trump's that cautioned on the impact of higher crude on a fragile world economy and urged OPEC leaders to "relax and take it easy".

The North Korean leader was accompanied by Kim Yong-chol, who has been a key negotiator in talks with the US, and by his sister Kim Yo-jong, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported. North Korea appeals for food aid as regime cuts rations due to drought and sanctions Read more There was a report of a green and yellow train similar to one used in the past by Kim crossing into the Chinese border city of Dandong via a bridge. Kim’s overseas travel plans are routinely kept secret and it could take more than two days for the train to travel thousands of miles through China to Vietnam. The Trump-Kim meeting is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Hanoi. Vietnam’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday that Kim would pay an official goodwill visit to the country “in the coming days” in response to an invitation by the president Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng, who is also the general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist party. In his meeting with Trump, Kim is expected to seek a US commitment for improved bilateral relations and partial sanctions relief while trying to minimise any concessions on his nuclear facilities and weapons. Kim wants to leverage his nuclear and missile programme for economic and security benefits, but doubts remains as to whether he is prepared to deal away an arsenal that he may see as his strongest guarantee of survival. North Korea maintaining more than a dozen missile launch sites, photos show Read more While North Korea has repeatedly demanded that the US take corresponding measures, including sanctions relief, Washington has called for more concrete steps from Pyongyang toward denuclearisation. Hanoi has been gearing up for the summit with heightened security. Trump expects to meet Kim Jong-un next year as nuclear talks stall Read more The Communist party’s Nhân Dân newspaper on Friday quoted the department of roads as saying the ban would first apply to trucks 10 tons or bigger, and vehicles with nine seats or more on the 170km (105-mile) stretch of highway from ??ng ??ng, the border town with China, to Hanoi from 7pm on Monday to 2pm on Tuesday, followed by a complete ban on Tuesday on all vehicles from 6am to 2pm.

The North Korean leader was accompanied by Kim Yong-chol, who has been a key negotiator in talks with the US, and by his sister Kim Yo-jong, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported. North Korea appeals for food aid as regime cuts rations due to drought and sanctions Read more There was a report of a green and yellow train similar to one used in the past by Kim crossing into the Chinese border city of Dandong via a bridge. Kim’s overseas travel plans are routinely kept secret and it could take more than two days for the train to travel thousands of miles through China to Vietnam. The Trump-Kim meeting is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Hanoi. Vietnam’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday that Kim would pay an official goodwill visit to the country “in the coming days” in response to an invitation by the president Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng, who is also the general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist party. In his meeting with Trump, Kim is expected to seek a US commitment for improved bilateral relations and partial sanctions relief while trying to minimise any concessions on his nuclear facilities and weapons. Kim wants to leverage his nuclear and missile programme for economic and security benefits, but doubts remains as to whether he is prepared to deal away an arsenal that he may see as his strongest guarantee of survival. North Korea maintaining more than a dozen missile launch sites, photos show Read more While North Korea has repeatedly demanded that the US take corresponding measures, including sanctions relief, Washington has called for more concrete steps from Pyongyang toward denuclearisation. Hanoi has been gearing up for the summit with heightened security. Trump expects to meet Kim Jong-un next year as nuclear talks stall Read more The Communist party’s Nhân Dân newspaper on Friday quoted the department of roads as saying the ban would first apply to trucks 10 tons or bigger, and vehicles with nine seats or more on the 170km (105-mile) stretch of highway from ??ng ??ng, the border town with China, to Hanoi from 7pm on Monday to 2pm on Tuesday, followed by a complete ban on Tuesday on all vehicles from 6am to 2pm.

Washington (CNN)Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, with plans for Barr to submit to Congress soon after a summary of Mueller's confidential report, according to people familiar with the plans. Under the special counsel regulations, Mueller must submit a "confidential" report to the attorney general at the conclusion of his work, but the rules don't require it to be shared with Congress, or by extension, the public. Barr would also need to inform Congress if the Justice Department prevented the special counsel team from pursuing any investigative steps. Trump said Wednesday that it's "totally up to Bill Barr" as to whether Mueller's report comes out while he is overseas in Vietnam next week. "That'll be totally up to the new attorney general. NBC News reported recently the probe would be done by mid-February. While the Mueller investigation may soon come to a close, there continue to be court cases that will be handled by other federal prosecutors. In addition, Mueller has referred certain matters that fell outside the scope of the Russia probe to other US Attorneys to pursue. And the grand jury that Mueller's prosecutors used to return indictments of longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and several Russians hasn't apparently convened since January 24 the day it approved the criminal charges against Stone. But also visiting them more often than ever before are the prosecutors from the DC US Attorney's Office and others in the Justice Department who've worked on the Mueller cases.

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, must make a “meaningful” gesture if he wants to see sanctions lifted, Donald Trump said on Wednesday ahead of a second summit between the two men scheduled for next week. “The sanctions are on in full. I haven’t taken sanctions off,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “I’d love to be able to, but in order to do that, we have to do something that’s meaningful on the other side.” Trump and Kim Jong-un to meet again at second nuclear summit Read more Trump and Kim are due to meet in Hanoi to discuss progress on the issue of North Korea’s nuclear program since they first met in Singapore last year. “Chairman Kim and I have a very good relationship. I wouldn’t be surprised to see something work out,” Trump said, without providing further details. Trump reiterated his view that North Korea had “great” potential for economic development and suggested the Vietnam summit would not be the last. At their landmark meeting in Singapore last year, the US and North Korean leaders produced a vaguely worded document in which Kim pledged to work toward “the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.” Is progress with North Korea possible under Trump’s style of diplomacy? | Michael H Fuchs Read more But progress has since stalled, with the two sides disagreeing over what that means. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders meanwhile said Trump spoke by phone with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the two men “reaffirmed their commitment to achieving the final, fully verified denuclearization of” North Korea.

Once, the President's uncanny sense for weakness in others helped him destroy the deepest Republican primary field in history. "It's very important that anyone who presents themselves as a leader and wants to be a leader will speak like a leader," Harris said, not mentioning the President by name but leaving no doubt about her target. But Trump was told during the shutdown last week by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a blatant demonstration of Washington's new power dynamics, not to show up. He will get to give his big speech next week -- but the President's shutdown cave on Friday means he will not be quite so feared when he finally steps up in the House of Representatives. For the last two years, Trump has been the undisputed star of the reality show with which he's replaced conventional Washington politics. Harris is not the only Democratic presidential candidate to test out campaign themes that could exploit the fervor in their party to oust Trump, and could be used against the President in a head-to-head clash. And the possibility that Trump could be vulnerable in his re-election year is attracting interest outside the Democratic Party. All of this is a sign that Trump may need to go back to where he performs best -- the campaign trail -- where he can sharpen his counterattacks and try to lure his rivals into bottom-of-the-barrel fights in which he has no political equal. His testimony in public before another House committee, from which he backed away last week, fearing for the security of his family, might also be back on, according to his new lawyer Michael Monico. On Monday, it was as if Trump's West Wing sensed an urgent need for a show of force, as Washington digests the aftermath of the 35-day shutdown, which ended with the President as far away as ever from getting his border wall.

The exact date and location of the second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un was not announced; State Department correspondent Rich Edson reports. #ShepSmith #FoxNews FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could be on a train out of Pyongyang, somewhat mysteriously in the overnight hours. CNN's Brian Todd examines what this could mean before he likely meets again with President Donald Trump. #CNN #News

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