Washington • Returning to Washington on Wednesday, President Donald Trump amped up claims of a highly successful summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as Democrats — and even some Republicans — grew increasingly skeptical about what had been accomplished in Singapore.
Trump’s glowing assessment followed the high-profile summit, which yielded a renewed promise by Kim to “denuclearize” the Korean Peninsula that was scant on details. Though many lawmakers and analysts have applauded Trump’s efforts, questions persisted Wednesday about what fundamentally had changed.
Trump, who has touted what he said was the trust built with the North Korean leader over the course of a few hours, cast his meeting as a game-changer that had already dramatically reduced the possibility of military conflict.