WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump sought to mollify North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on May 17 after Pyongyang threatened to scrap an unprecedented summit, saying Kim’s security would be guaranteed in any deal and his country would not suffer the fate of Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya, unless that could not be reached.
In remarks given in the White House’s Oval Office in which he also sharply criticized China over trade, Trump said that as far as he knew, the meeting with Kim was still on track, but that the North Korean leader was possibly being influenced by Beijing after two recent visits he made there.
