North Korean leader Kim Jong-un poses for photographs with the South Korean delegation led by Chung Eui-yong, head of the presidential National Security Office, in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 6, 2018. (Reuters)
Daily Caller: North Korea ‘Surprised’ By Trump’s Sudden Decision To Talk, Ex-Diplomat Suggests
The man who, until recently, was America’s top negotiator on North Korea revealed Pyongyang was caught off guard by President Donald Trump’s shocking decision to meet Kim Jong Un.
A South Korean official told reporters outside the White House on March 8 that not only had Kim expressed a desire to meet Trump, but the president had agreed to the unprecedented meeting. Oddly, North Korea has yet to publicly comment on the summit.
“To be frank with you, I think they were a little bit surprised that Washington, President Trump readily accepted,” former U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Joseph Yun, who retired unexpectedly last month, told CNN Friday. “They thought it would take a little time.”
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WNU Editor: I have a different point of view. I think the North Koreans knew before they made their invitation on what the answer was going to be .... and that understanding was reached when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong was in Seoul during the Olympics at the same time that Vice President Pence and his entourage were there. And what clinched the deal was when the South Koreans went to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and he communicated that invitation to them officially.
