Trump and Kim Predict Success in Second Historic Summit

Trump and Kim Predict Success in Second Historic Summit
President Donald Trump with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un before a meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi on Feb. 27, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
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HANOI, Vietnam—U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un forecast their second summit will be a success, after a brief one-on-one meeting and a dinner in Vietnam’s balmy Asian capital on Feb. 27.

The two leaders marked the start of the summit with a handshake framed by a backdrop of American and North Korean flags at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi. The formal talks were set to start Feb. 28 at the same hotel.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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