The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and myself will take place in Singapore on June 12th. We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 10, 2018
Highest Profile Americans To Meet Kim Jong Un:
February 2013 – Dennis Rodman*
January 2014 – Dennis Rodman*
April 2018 – Mike Pompeo
May 2018 – Mike Pompeo
June 2018 – Donald Trump (expected)*Dennis Rodman was a cast member on “Celebrity Apprentice” in 2009 and 2013 pic.twitter.com/2t1VgDHO1l
— David P Gelles (@gelles) May 10, 2018
Why North Korea agreed to meet with Trump https://t.co/5DtYTX90UF pic.twitter.com/L3DTh0Bp5M
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) May 10, 2018
American hostages back on U.S. soil https://t.co/KBO36RlY2m pic.twitter.com/3W4WyVO5t6
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 10, 2018
It's wonderful news that those detained in N. Korea are back home & Trump deserves credit for that. But if they had been taken hostage by a terrorist group, the US wouldn't thank them for their release. Important not to create an incentive to jail Americans as bargaining chips.
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) May 10, 2018
Trump said Kim Jong Un was "excellent" to the US Prisoners. I don't know about you, but I don't call it "excellent" to arrest individuals for not committing a crime and then subjecting them to hard labor while almost starving them to death?
That's Torture, not Excellence!
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) May 10, 2018
Kim Jong Un imprisoned two of the three hostages on Trump's watch, then tricked Trump into praisin' him for givin' 'em back.
So much for the "Great Negotiator."
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) May 10, 2018
Trump didn’t let family or friends greet the hostages from North Korea last night on their arrival in DC. The photo opp had to be all about him. pic.twitter.com/46ez9kc00p
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) May 10, 2018
Nixon was given credit for his breakthrough with China. He still resigned in disgrace.
This North Korea stuff is just noise.
— Will Bailey (@CitizenWBailey) May 10, 2018
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WORLD
Something’s going on at North Korea’s nuclear test site. Satellite images show a steady reduction in the number of buildings around the portals in the mountain, @ArmsControlWonk says https://t.co/39o4HSAE5S pic.twitter.com/vdtDwvLjpm
— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) May 10, 2018
Leaked Doc Reveals White House Planning "Regime Change" In Iran https://t.co/BlpVBNB5rZ
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 10, 2018
.@AP is now confirming the details of what I reported two days ago. I said that Europeans "offered over a dozen ways to 'fix' the agreement to Trump's liking. He rejected all of them." He never seriously considered "fixing" the deal. https://t.co/B0zueZ44XB
— Joe Cirincione (@Cirincione) May 10, 2018
Merkel: Europe can no longer count on the United States https://t.co/IIfL1Xuvbs pic.twitter.com/rotqGcgWBx
— The Hill (@thehill) May 10, 2018
Credit where it's due to the @WSJ for global trailblazing reporting on Malaysia's 1MDB scandal https://t.co/WDmozSa6jl
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) May 10, 2018
Interesting article on cybersecurity threats being faced by Asian governments. Question is can governments put forward effective policies based on trust and cross-border collaboration with political nationalism on the rise? https://t.co/XDTSD6Xrlz
— Matthew G. O'Neill (@_MGONeill) May 10, 2018
The AP has deleted two tweets saying that Congo's health ministry has confirmed one death from a new Ebola outbreak, and 11 active cases. Neither the death nor the new cases have been confirmed as Ebola. A new tweet will be sent shortly.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 10, 2018
Top White House official in charge of pandemic response exits abruptly. His team at NSC has been disbanded, @bylenasun reports. “These moves make us materially less safe,” one expert says. https://t.co/PPk0j8AVmQ
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) May 10, 2018
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TRUMPWORLD
Cohen’s $600,000 deal with AT&T specified he would advise on Time Warner merger, internal company records show https://t.co/jwtQXud2JO
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 10, 2018
a telecom expert doing some telecoms pic.twitter.com/Xn9Jt70PUI
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) May 10, 2018
“You paid for insight into this administration?! He’s a horny old racist who likes cheeseburgers more than his children. $200,000 please.” https://t.co/aJJJRaAtID pic.twitter.com/dNBdJpq0cO
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) May 10, 2018
9am: Scandal.
10am: Scandal.
11am: Scandal.
You get the picture. @realDonaldTrump and his Cabinet are so rooted in the #CultureOfCorruption, it’s almost impossible to keep track of every newsworthy scandal. @CAPAction has you covered. Check out https://t.co/tzMNINjS7P 👈— Emily Tisch Sussman (@EmTSuss) May 10, 2018
Pence and Nixon side-by-side trying to shut down investigations of the White House. A familiar disgrace. pic.twitter.com/WOcapmbpNl
— Chris Sacca (@sacca) May 10, 2018
“There’s a long history of the Russian interfering in elections…but never as direct and aggressive and multi-dimensional as what they did in 2016.” —James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence
Watch live: https://t.co/H5DEyLI5jM #AspenSecurity pic.twitter.com/1zeg5EU1jn
— Aspen Security Forum (@AspenSecurity) May 10, 2018
So Paul Ryan flew across the country to secure a $30 million check from Sheldon Adelson but then stepped out of the room for a couple minutes to avoid technically soliciting the money? Via @JakeSherman @politicoalex https://t.co/32ts2H87qt pic.twitter.com/2O43vxV9sL
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) May 10, 2018
A White House official said in an internal meeting today, regarding John McCain, "It doesn't matter, he's dying anyway."
Scoop from my colleagues @JordanFabian and @JonEasleyhttps://t.co/tA4iwgoq37— Niall Stanage (@NiallStanage) May 10, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
Got to love understatement https://t.co/1zw6R6t8YR
— Seb Dance MEP (@SebDance) May 10, 2018
When did @Jacob_Rees_Mogg last visit the Irish border? @MarkCarruthers7 asked him. #Brexit
Full interview on @bbctheview at 2240 on @BBCOneNI pic.twitter.com/PBl74ZULid
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) May 10, 2018
Michael Gove warns EU could use Irish border issue to hold Britain hostage over Brexit https://t.co/89jo1jFnFP
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 10, 2018
“Make Parliament sovereign again! But only if it backs us.”
“Give control back to British courts! But only if they back us.”
“Respect democracy! But only when it agrees with us.”
Welcome to Brexit Britain… pic.twitter.com/hGqIqxEZvu
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) May 10, 2018
UK: You know the 21 month transition we agreed?
EU: Yes
UK: Can we have 36 months instead?
EU: Why?
UK: Because we can't decide among ourselves whether to go for the option you described as 'fantasy', or the one you described as 'unworkable'.
EU: Guys🤦♂️!— Steve Bullock (@GuitarMoog) May 10, 2018
Time for Jeremy Corbyn to act for the many not the few? https://t.co/KdXNm9J4qv
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) May 10, 2018
So we’ve apologised for Abdel Hakim Belhaj’s rendition. But who did it?https://t.co/JC2qe8PZfK
— David Leigh (@davidleighx) May 10, 2018