Trump Is Basically The Only One Excited About The U.S.-North Korea Summit

US President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un walk from lunch at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. - Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un became on June 12, the first sitting ... US President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un walk from lunch at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. - Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un became on June 12, the first sitting US and North Korean leaders to meet, shake hands and negotiate to end a decades-old nuclear stand-off. (Photo by Susan Walsh / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read SUSAN WALSH/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump is brimming with enthusiasm about his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi. The cheese stands alone.

According to a Friday Politico report, most of Trump’s administration decidedly do not want the summit to take place and feel confident that Trump will trade concessions for false promises on denuclearization just so he has a “win” to tout on the global stage.

Trump reportedly was the primary pusher behind the summit. Many in his administration have felt so differently as to publicly undercut the President’s own position of baffling optimism and trust in North Korea’s word.

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