President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un failed to strike a nuclear deal Thursday, abruptly ending their Vietnam summit hours early and leaving the fate of North Korea’s nuclear weapons up in the air.
The announcement of the collapse Trump’s talks with Kim came after the two tamped down expectations for the two-day summit that played out ceremony in Vietnam and political turmoil for Trump back in the United States.
It turned out that the leaders could not bridge the U.S. demand that North Korea provide a specific plan for denuclearization and North Korea’s demand that the U.S. end economic sanctions first.