Trump Posts Photos With Kim Jong-un on Social Media... Omits Collapsed Summit

U.S. President Donald Trump posted multiple photos of himself with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on social media on the 24th local time, repeatedly sending messages to resume dialogue.

President Trump successively posted three photos taken with leader Kim on his social media platform, Truth Social, that day.

The first photo posted is presumed to have been taken during the first North Korea-U.S. summit held in Singapore in June 2018.

The other two photos appear to be from the meeting at Panmunjom in June 2019.

This is interpreted as an extension of sending a conciliatory message to leader Kim by ordering a significant scaling back of South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises.

Given that North Korea is not easily responding to President Trump's offer for dialogue, it appears to be a move to remind them of his good relationship with leader Kim and urge him to come forward for talks.

Notably, the photos posted by President Trump did not include any from the second North Korea-U.S. summit held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February 2019.

The Hanoi North Korea-U.S. summit ended in failure.

It was inevitably a "bad memory" for leader Kim, who had to travel all the way to Hanoi by train and return empty-handed.

By posting only photos from the first summit where the two leaders produced a joint statement and the meeting where he personally went to Panmunjom to meet leader Kim, he is indirectly attempting to persuade leader Kim.

Previously, President Trump boastfully stated that he would meet leader Kim within the year.

While stating that it has no interest in scaling back South Korea-U.S. joint exercises, North Korea has left room for maneuver by noting that the relationship between the two leaders is excellent.

(Photo: Captured from Truth Social, Yonhap News)
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