Donald Trump cancels upcoming summit with Kim Jong-un

Next month’s scheduled historic meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has been cancelled.

The White House announced on Thursday afternoon that the president will no longer have a face-to-face, sitdown meeting with the North Korean dictator. Ostensibly, according to a letter signed by Trump, Kim used some belligerent language that somehow upset the U.S. government.

“Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting,” Trump wrote.

He also added that the U.S. did not need the summit like Pyongyang did:

“You talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used.”

Here is the full letter:

All of Washington seems to be pleased that the summit was scrapped.

Here is Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI):

“The North Korean regime has long given ample reason to question its commitment to stability. We must continue to work with our allies toward a peaceful resolution, but that will require a much greater degree of seriousness from the Kim regime. At the same time, Congress has provided significant tools to hold North Korea accountable, and it is important that the United States not relent in this maximum pressure campaign.”

Here is Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ):

“And while we applaud the robust diplomatic efforts to try to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, many of us were deeply concerned that the lack of deep preparation that is necessary, before such a summit is even agreed to, was not taking place.”

Here is Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL):

“Kim Jun Un, in the words of a wise man “Congratulations, you just played yourself”. Withdrawing from talks with #NKorea is 100% the right decision. #KJU doesn’t want a deal. He has deliberately sabotaged the talks over the last two weeks & was setting us up to take the blame.”

Others, like Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA), just want Trump to continue applying pressure.

You know how is probably the happiest person in the world right now? John Bolton. The neocons did not want this meeting to ever happen.