Why the US-DPRK summit meeting in Hanoi failed
NOVANEWS
The US arrived in Vietnam with no intention of negotiating anything, but cracks are again appearing between Trump and his advisers.
Proletarian writers
On 28 February 2019, a much-hyped summit meeting was held in Hanoi, Vietnam, between Donald Trump, representing the United States, and Kim Jong Un, representing the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
It had been hoped that as a result of this meeting some progress would be made towards normalising relations between the two countries, with the DPRK agreeing further to reduce the development of its nuclear capacity in return for some relief from the crippling sanctions that have been inflicted upon it by the US imperialist bullies and those who go along with them – either as allies or for fear of sanctions being i...