“I think he’s pretty frustrated,” said Sanders, referring to Trump, who will travel to Beijing later on Wednesday. “The fact they were planning to go still shows the strength of the alliance,” she said.
Thick fog blanketed the area and, although Trump’s helicopter flew to within five minutes of the landing zone, authorities ultimately decided to cancel the trip. Moon’s helicopter was diverted to another location also.
On Tuesday, Trump scaled back his combative rhetoric toward Pyongyang, saying that Kim Jong-un’s government should negotiate rather than threaten the US and its allies with its nuclear program.
The president also did not rule out direct talks between the US and North Korea, saying at a joint news conference with Moon that “I really believe that it makes sense for North Korea to come to the table and to make a deal that’s good for the people of North Korea and the people of the world.”
“I do see certain movement, yes, but let’s see what happens,” Trump said. North Korea has fired more than a dozen missiles on “test flights” this year, including over Japan, and it has been pursuing a nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program for some years.
In response, Trump has threatened to respond to any hostile act by Pyongyang with “fire and fury” and there are presently three US aircraft carriers in the vicinity of the Korean Peninsula.
