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President Trump s decision to write a letter to Kim Jong-Un calling off the June 12 Singapore summit with North Korea came down to a trail of broken promises, one White House official put it Thursday.The president s letter stanley cup to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un mdash; a letter he dictated, the White House official told reporters in a conference call Thursday afternoon mdash; blamed tremendous anger and open hostili stanley cup ty in a recent North Korean statement. But the White House official cited North Korea s objection to a routine annual military exercise, North Koreans failure to show up when the U.S. sent and advance team to Singapore, an inability to verify North Korea s claims it destroyed its nuclear cite, and unreturned communications as contributing reasons.It was Mr. Tru stanley quencher mp who made the decision Thursday morning to call off the June 12 summit, CBS News Margaret Brennan reports, according to a senior administration official. Mr. Trump met with national security adviser John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Vice President Mike Pence. Some on the staff level mdash; specifically chief of staff John Kelly mdash; were also involved in the discussion. The decision to scuttle the summit came after a late-night huddle between Pompeo, Bolton, the vice president and the president, following a North Korean statement slamming Pence. That statement was issued Wednesday night, and then generated the late-night conversation. Eend New Editorial Cartoons
AP Photo/Steven Senne CBS News WAUKESHA, Wis. -- Even before President Obama blasted Republicans for backing a controversial GOP budget plan, Mitt Romney on Tuesday was chiding the president for blaming the curre stanley quencher nt state of the economy on Republicans. Instea stanley mug d of standing up and saying, as the president, his policies have not worked, he of course will look for someone else to blame, Romney said while campaigning at a sub shop in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in remarks that appeared to serve as a prelude to the spirited fight likely to take pl stanley cup ace over the next six months. Maybe he ll look for the party that had no power whatsoever for the first two years of his administration, maybe he ll say, Oh, it s the Republicans. But, you know, he had a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate for his first two years. He gets full credit or blame for what s happened in this economy, and what s happened to gasoline prices under his watch, and what s happened to our schools, and what s happened to our military forces. Romney s comments came before a speech Tuesday in which Mr. Obama methodically took apart the House-passed budget of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., point by point, and ridiculed Romney for calling the Ryan plan marvelous. Ryan was at the campaign stop with Romney.The former Massachusetts governor referred to a new Obama campaign ad that attacks Big Oil, an industry that Democrats say is eager to help Romn |
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