Former President Trump made an unprecedented offer to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un after the pair met in 2019 for their second summit in Hanoi, Vietnam: a ride home on Air Force One, which Kim declined, according to a top former U.S. official.
Matthew Pottinger, a former deputy national security adviser who specialized in Asia policy, told the BBC that Trump made the offer after negotiations over North Korea’s nuclear program ended at the February 2019 gathering with no significant progress.
“President Trump offered Kim a lift home on Air Force One. The president knew that Kim had arrived on a multi-day train ride through China into Hanoi and the president said: ‘I can get you home in two hours if you want.’ Kim declined,” Pottinger told the news agency.
The offer, never before reported, constitutes the first time a North Korean leader or top official has been invited on the president’s aircraft.
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Trump offered North Korea's Kim a ride home on Air Force One: report https://t.co/r57LtTZY9X pic.twitter.com/kHRsfhd0mk
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Another little vignette from the Chronicles of a Moron Presidency https://t.co/Z2U2jZsBhy
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If only experts could have predicted this outcome four years ago and put it in writing https://t.co/sCv0TL3Ix7
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He wanted to show off to Kim. That’s what that was all about.
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