07-01-2019, 11:52 PM
— Donald Trump on Sunday, June 30th, 2019 in a press conference in South Korea
Trump’s claim Obama begged to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is unproven
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/jul/01/donald-trump/trump-wrong-obama-begged-meet-north-koreas-kim-jon/
Trump noted under President Barack Obama, face-to-face meetings never happened.
"Nobody was going to meet," Trump said. "President Obama wanted to meet, and Chairman Kim would not meet him. The Obama administration was begging for a meeting. They were begging for meetings constantly. And Chairman Kim would not meet with him."
The statement that Obama and his administration "were begging for a meeting" is not backed up by the record.
We reached out to the White House press office, and staff there had no comment.
Preconditions for talks
Obama’s special representative for North Korea policy, Glyn Davies, laid out the administration’s position for senators at a 2013 hearing.
"The United States will not engage in talks for the sake of talks," Davies said March 7, 2013. "The United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear-armed state. We will not reward the DPRK for the absence of bad behavior. We will not compensate the DPRK merely for returning to dialogue. We have also made clear that U.S.-DPRK relations cannot fundamentally improve without sustained improvement in inter-Korean relations and human rights. Nor will we tolerate North Korea provoking its neighbors. These positions will not change."
Trump’s claim Obama begged to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is unproven
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/jul/01/donald-trump/trump-wrong-obama-begged-meet-north-koreas-kim-jon/
Trump noted under President Barack Obama, face-to-face meetings never happened.
"Nobody was going to meet," Trump said. "President Obama wanted to meet, and Chairman Kim would not meet him. The Obama administration was begging for a meeting. They were begging for meetings constantly. And Chairman Kim would not meet with him."
The statement that Obama and his administration "were begging for a meeting" is not backed up by the record.
We reached out to the White House press office, and staff there had no comment.
Preconditions for talks
Obama’s special representative for North Korea policy, Glyn Davies, laid out the administration’s position for senators at a 2013 hearing.
"The United States will not engage in talks for the sake of talks," Davies said March 7, 2013. "The United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear-armed state. We will not reward the DPRK for the absence of bad behavior. We will not compensate the DPRK merely for returning to dialogue. We have also made clear that U.S.-DPRK relations cannot fundamentally improve without sustained improvement in inter-Korean relations and human rights. Nor will we tolerate North Korea provoking its neighbors. These positions will not change."
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