US President Donald Trump has arrived in Singapore
(Baonghean.vn) - CNN just reported that US President Donald Trump landed in Singapore on the evening of June 10, 36 hours before the highly anticipated summit between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un began.
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| North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) and US President Donald Trump. Photo: Getty |
Air Force One carrying Trump arrived at Singapore's Paya Lebar Air Base at 8:21 p.m. local time and was greeted by Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.
More than five hours earlier, Kim Jong-un also arrived at a commercial airport in Singapore on an Air China Boeing 747.
Asked about his impressions of the summit, Trump told reporters “very good” before getting into a limousine and heading back to the hotel.
The US president flew to Singapore from Canada, where he attended a particularly contentious G7 summit after he initiated a trade dispute with some of America's closest allies.
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| Kim Jong-un had visited Singapore earlier. Photo: Singapore's Ministry of Communications and Information |
At a press conference at the G7, Trump said he was optimistic about the meeting with Kim, the first between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader. However, he also made it clear that Kim had a “one-time chance.”
“I feel that Kim Jong-un wants to do something great for his people, and he has that opportunity. And he won’t have that opportunity again,” Trump said on June 9.