Trump And Kim's Second Nuclear Summit Ends With No Deal

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.4 • 25.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left their summit meeting on Thursday in Hanoi, Vietnam, without agreeing on a denuclearization deal. A planned signing ceremony was canceled. Trump also briefly addressed Michael Cohen's hearing on Capitol Hill. This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Scott Horsley, and White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey there, we've got some big news. The NPR Politics team is going to be hitting the road.
0:04.7	We will be in Atlanta, Georgia on March 8th, making a podcast live on stage.
0:10.1	And we'd love to see you there. So head to nprpresents.org to grab a ticket. And see you soon.
0:16.3	Hi, this is Christina in Hanoi, Vietnam, where I'm stuck in traffic trying to get to work.
0:21.5	My normal 14-minute drive is now in minute 48, as we ramp up to the summit between Kim Jong-un and my
0:27.8	own dear president. And I have another two kilometers left to go. You're listening to the NPR Politics
0:34.3	podcast, which is recorded at 315 AM on what day is it? Thursday, the 28th of February.
0:43.6	Keep in mind that things may have changed by the time you hear it. All right, here's the show.
0:51.5	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
0:57.4	left their summit in Hanoi with no agreement on denuclearization.
1:01.8	We had some options and at this time we decided not to do any of the options. And we'll see where
1:06.8	that goes, but it was, it was a very interesting two days. And I think actually it was a very
1:12.4	productive two days, but sometimes you have to walk. As a wise man once said, you've got to
1:17.5	no one to hold them, no one to fold them, no one to walk away. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the
1:22.6	White House. I'm Scott Horsley. I also cover the White House. I'm Aisha Rapsko and I also cover the
1:27.4	White House. It is a full White House team here, but Aisha, you are on the other side of the
1:34.4	world with President Trump in Vietnam. Currently in a motorcade, is that right? Yes, on our way to the
1:41.6	airport, about to get on the Air Force one and head out, but I had to talk to you guys first.
1:45.9	Absolutely. So thank you for making this happen. The last few hours have been quite a whirlwind.
1:53.2	There had been a signing ceremony on the President's schedule. That didn't happen.
1:59.3	There was a press conference. It got moved up. Tell us about what it's been like for the last few
2:03.6	hours. Yeah. I mean, the summit started and it seemed to be going along this normal. And then
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.