North Korea Summit A Failure : Trumps Suggestes Micheal Cohen Hearing Contributed To Failure

During the Hanoi summit, Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former advisor, accused him of ordering his personal solicitor to threaten him about 500 times in the last 10 years.

North Korea Summit A Failure : Trumps Suggestes Micheal Cohen Hearing Contributed To Failure

SEOUL:

US President Donald Trump said Monday that the Democrats' decision to interview his long-time lawyer, attorney Michael Cohen, the same day as a meeting with Kim Jong Un may have contributed to the conclusion of the North Korean summit .

Trump and Kim met for the second time last week in Hanoi to try to negotiate an agreement that would return some of North Korea's nuclear arsenal in exchange for a lifting of sanctions.

At the same time, in Washington, Trump's former adviser, Cohen, was testifying before the US House of Representatives' Monitoring Committee, accusing Trump of ordering his personal solicitor to threaten him about 500 times during the same period. last 10 years.

"The fact that the Democrats are interviewing a liar and a convicted fraudster at the same time as the very important Nuclear Summit with North Korea is perhaps a new low point in American politics and may have contributed to the" walking, "said Trump. on Twitter, referring to his decision to move away from what he previously described as a bad deal with Kim.

"Never done when a president is abroad." Shame!

Asked about Cohen's testimony at a press conference in Hanoi on Thursday after Trump abruptly decided to end the summit sooner, the president called the charges "incorrect" and criticized the decision to hold the hearing. his absence.

"I tried to watch as much as I could," said Trump. "I could not watch too much because I was a bit busy, but I think having a fake audience like that and having it in the middle of this very important summit is really a terrible thing."

South Korean President Moon Jae-in called on officials to try to find a way to revive negotiations between the north and the United States.

"I think that the dialogue between North Korea and the United States will eventually lead to an agreement, but it is never desirable that the stalemate be maintained for a long time," said Moon in a meeting with the main foreign policy and security staff.

The breakup of the summit was a blow for Moon, who hoped that lighter sanctions in the United States would help revive inter-Korean projects, including an industrial park, key to his vision of a pan-peninsular economic community.

Moon also asked officials to explore ways to continue inter-Korean initiatives "within the framework of sanctions".

Trump spoke to Moon after leaving Hanoi, asking him to play "an active mediator role," according to Moon's spokesperson.