A first meeting was nearly scuttled after Trump was quoted suggesting in a May 17, 2018, meeting that if Kim didn’t make a deal with Trump, he could meet a fate similar to slain Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi, who was overthrown in 2011. “The model, if you look at that model with Qaddafi, that was a total decimation,” Trump said publicly. “We went in there to beat him. Now that model would take place if we don’t make a deal, most likely. But if we make a deal, I think Kim Jong Un is going to be very, very happy.” North Korea’s vice foreign minister, Choe Son Hui, responded: “Whether the U.S.
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