Seoul sources stated that President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Democrats' decision to interview his longtime fixer, lawyer Michael Cohen, on the same day as a meeting with Kim Jong Un may have contributed to the North Korea summit ending with no deal. Reportedly Trump and Kim met for the second time last week in Hanoi to try to negotiate a deal that would surrender some of North Korea's nuclear weapons arsenal in return for sanctions relief.



Furthermore at the same time in Washington, former Trump aide Cohen was testifying before the US House of Representatives' Oversight Committee, accusing Trump of ordering his personal attorney to make threats for him about 500 times over the last 10 years. Trump said "For the Democrats to interview in open hearings a convicted liar & fraudster, at the same time as the very important Nuclear Summit with North Korea, is perhaps a new low in American politics and may have contributed to the 'walk'," referring to his decision to walk away from what he previously said was a bad deal with Kim.

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Moreover the breakdown of the summit was a blow for Moon, who had hoped eased US sanctions would help lead to a restart of inter-Korean projects including a factory park, key to his vision for a pan-peninsula economic community. Apparently Moon also told officials to explore ways to proceed with the inter-Korean initiatives "within the framework of sanctions".


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