Singapore • President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived for their historic summit Tuesday, balancing the elusive promise of peace against the specter of a growing nuclear threat. Yet even before they met, Trump announced plans to leave early, raising questions about whether his aspirations for an ambitious outcome had been scaled back.
Trump arrived first at the summit site on Singapore’s Sentosa Island in advance of the 9 a.m. meeting. Kim’s black armored limousine pulled in a short time later at the luxury resort for the world’s first meeting between a sitting U.