UPDATED: Trump, Kim open second nuclear summit with handshake, smiles
Published Tuesday, February 26, 2019 10:54PM ESTHANOI, Vietnam -- U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un -- affable leaders of hostile nations -- opened their second summit Wednesday with hopeful words and a private chat before sitting down for dinner and further talks about North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons.
"We made a lot of progress," Trump said of their first summit. "I think the biggest progress was our relationship, is really a good one." Trump will be trying to convince Kim to give up his nuclear weapons at a hotel that has bomb shelter that protected the likes of actress Jane Fonda and singer Joan Baez from American air raids during the Vietnam War. According to the hotel's website, the bunker was closed and sealed after the war ended in the mid-1970s. It was rediscovered by chance during a bar renovation project in 2011.
Anticipation for what will be accomplished at the summit ran high in Hanoi. But the carnival-like atmosphere in the Vietnamese capital, with street artists painting likenesses of the leaders and vendors hawking T-shirts showing Kim waving and Trump giving a thumbs-up, contrasted with the serious items on their agenda.
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