China will play bigger role in North Korea
Add BT as a preferred sourceAFTER hours of intensive talks with the North Korean leader in Singapore, President Donald Trump held a rambling press conference during which he praised Kim Jong Un as "very talented", someone who took over the running of his country at the age of 26 and was "able to run it and run it tough".
The US leader said it had been a "tremendous three months". It was in early March that Mr Trump first accepted Mr Kim's offer of a meeting. He added: "We're prepared to start a new history and we're prepared to write a new chapter between our nations."
In fact, Mr Kim had orchestrated events since January, skillfully shifting from missile tests to diplomacy, beginning with North Korea's participation in the winter Olympics in South Korea to the dual summits with South Korea's President Moon Jae In, and the triple summits with Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader.
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