Kim Jong-un today gave, what's believed to be, his first ever response to questions from US journalists
Mr Trump said two days of talks in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, had made good progress in building relations and on the key issue of denuclearisation, but it was important not to rush into a bad deal."Basically, they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn't do that."
"Sometimes you have to walk, and this was just one of those times," Mr Trump said, adding "it was a friendly walk". He later left Vietnam to return to Washington. The collapse of the talks will likely raise questions about the Trump administration's preparations and about what some critics see as his cavalier style of personal diplomacy.
"But no-deal today doesn't mean there won't be one in coming months. It means stakes were way too high for the two leaders to give another wishy-washy statement like they did in Singapore." While Mr Trump had said he was in no rush to strike a deal with North Korea, the White House had been confident enough tos chedule a "joint agreement signing ceremony" at the conclusion of talks. Like the lunch, the ceremony did not take the place.
North Korea has conducted no nuclear or intercontinental ballistic missile tests since late 2017, and Mr Trump said Mr Kim had promised him there would be no more.
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