{"id":140677,"date":"2018-06-13T15:06:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T15:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/trump-kim-summit-us-president-lauds-deal-despite-scepticism\/"},"modified":"2018-06-13T15:06:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T15:06:53","slug":"trump-kim-summit-us-president-lauds-deal-despite-scepticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/trump-kim-summit-us-president-lauds-deal-despite-scepticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Kim summit: US president lauds deal despite scepticism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image caption The US president arrived home insisting the world could now sleep easier <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Donald Trump has declared that North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat, following his summit with Kim Jong-un.<\/p>\n

The two leaders met on Tuesday, signing a brief declaration on denuclearisation and reducing tensions.<\/p>\n

After arriving back in the US, the president also tweeted that "everybody can now feel much safer". <\/p>\n

However, the credibility of that claim is in doubt. Many observers say the agreement does little to reduce North Korea's stockpile of weapons. <\/p>\n

Skip Twitter post by @realDonaldTrump <\/p>\n

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Just landed - a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office. There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Report <\/p>\n

End of Twitter post by @realDonaldTrump<\/p>\n

Under the deal, the North retains its nuclear warheads, the missiles to launch them and has not agreed to any specific process to get rid of them.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang has celebrated the summit as a great win for the country.<\/p>\n

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    At a news conference after the meeting in Singapore on Tuesday, Mr Trump said he would lift sanctions against North Korea once "nukes are no longer a factor".<\/p>\n

    He also announced an unexpected end to US-South Korea military drills.<\/p>\n

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    Media captionTrump Kim summit: Win-win, or a Kim win?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    The move - long demanded by Pyongyang - has been seen as a major concession to North Korea and appeared to take US allies in the region by surprise.<\/p>\n

    US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has arrived in South Korea to discuss this decision and the details of how denuclearisation could be achieved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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