North Korea Threatens to Cancel Peace Summit Over U.S. Military Drills

Please don’t say it was too good to be true.

North Korea is threatening to pull out of the much-lauded “peace summit” to negotiate an easing of tensions with the United States. President Trump has agreed to be the first president to ever meet with a North Korean leader since the war nearly half a century ago.

Trump has already negotiated the release of three U.S. citizens being held in captivity by the North Koreans in the lead up to the summit. And President Trump has confirmed the meeting will take place in Singapore – the exact location we reported the historic meeting was likely to take place at.

But now it looks like the rogue nation, living up to its rule-breaking reputation, may pull out.

Fox News just broke the story:

North Korea announced it has canceled a high-level summit with South Korea and has threatened to cancel its meeting with the United States over American military drills with South Korea, Yonhap News said, citing KCNA.

KCNA, North Korea’s state media outlet, claimed that the military drills were a rehearsal for a potential invasion of the country.

The meeting between the neighboring countries was scheduled for Wednesday and to be held on the south side of Panmunjom, according to the report.

Canceling this meeting would be a huge mistake on North Korea’s part. It took a lot of work and negotiation to get to this point. To pull out now would spoil all of that hard work, especially when we’re so close to this historic moment.

Let’s hope a resolution can be found to solve this issue before the meeting is canceled.

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138 thoughts on “North Korea Threatens to Cancel Peace Summit Over U.S. Military Drills”

  1. Everybody’s got their panties in a bunch over this thing. And by this thing, I mean the whole diplomatic foray to Pyongyang. We all should just calm down.

    The early indications (the release of hostages, the DMZ meeting between Kim & Moon, the setting of a summit date and locale) were overblown by the AGITPROP MEDIA, just so they could dash the hopes and expectations.

    The “fire and fury” was also overblown, so the same media could gravely inform us that Trump was herding us into the maw of nuclear war.

    And the DPRK’s threat from missiles, atomic bomb tests and — God help us all — a purported thermonuclear test too was overblown, just to make the imminence of Armageddon all that more piquant.

    Now, the recent threats of canceling a summit are wildly overblown too. (Exactly how exactly do you go from screaming about Armageddon married in the morning to screaming at the same decibel level about a canceled summit; time was we took these things in stride and that was when the threat was very real; Khrushchev banging his shoe in the General Assembly and duck & cover, ya know.) The rush to declare Trump’s strategy a failure before it has even been tried is vile.

    Basta!

  2. Call me paranoid, but perhaps the Deep State’s fingerprints are all over this. Don’t forget, John Kerry was caught meddling in the Iran Deal. I wouldn’t put it past the Dems to put the kibosh on this.

  3. If Trump had given more credit to Kim, maybe this wouldn’t be happening. Kim has an ego too, and I don’t think he relished the thought of Trump getting a Nobel Prize for the decision the he (Kim) made.

  4. If Trump had given more credit to Kim, maybe this wouldn’t be happening. Kim has an ego too, and I don’t think he relished the thought of Trump getting a Nobel Prize for the decision the he (Kim) made.

  5. Rocket Boy finally read “The Art of the Deal” and realizes he’s already given up his only bargaining chip; i.e., weapons of mass destruction.

    He’s not a Rocket Scientist, but in this bargain he can’t just “eliminate” someone to make his problems go away.

  6. The “Un” game is on again. Lulling South Korea into thinking that Kim Jong Un is suddenly a reasonable person with intentional good will toward the South and the world. It’s typical bait and switch. It’s Un’s way of getting what he wants from America by threatening to make the U.S. look like the bad guys of the world and renegers. Our previous Presidents have fallen for this ploy, but I doubt President Trump will play Kim Jong Un’s game.

  7. The “Un” game is on again. Lulling South Korea into thinking that Kim Jong Un is suddenly a reasonable person with intentional good will toward the South and the world. It’s typical bait and switch. It’s Un’s way of getting what he wants from America by threatening to make the U.S. look like the bad guys of the world and renegers. Our previous Presidents have fallen for this ploy, but I doubt President Trump will play Kim Jong Un’s game.

  8. This seems logical if you put yourself in Kim’s shoes. Although; it was previously reported that he (Kim) had agreed that the exercises would continue. I think Mr. Kim is seeing what he can negotiate by this move. He really has nothing to lose by doing so and; He hasn’t said that the meeting isn’t going to happen but…..If South Korea and the US decide it’s in their best interest to stop the exercises rather than risk losing the meeting, then Kim takes credit. I think it’s just a bluff move and probably expected.

  9. This seems logical if you put yourself in Kim’s shoes. Although; it was previously reported that he (Kim) had agreed that the exercises would continue. I think Mr. Kim is seeing what he can negotiate by this move. He really has nothing to lose by doing so and; He hasn’t said that the meeting isn’t going to happen but…..If South Korea and the US decide it’s in their best interest to stop the exercises rather than risk losing the meeting, then Kim takes credit. I think it’s just a bluff move and probably expected.

  10. Been halfway expecting this. The ONLY reason Kim Jong Un agreed to meet in the FIRST PLACE is becasue his mountain nuclear test site CAVE IN and COLLAPSED on itself. Either that, or Little Rocket Man is off his meds again!

  11. Been halfway expecting this. The ONLY reason Kim Jong Un agreed to meet in the FIRST PLACE is becasue his mountain nuclear test site CAVE IN and COLLAPSED on itself. Either that, or Little Rocket Man is off his meds again!

  12. Rocket Man is just trying to “hitch up his big-boy pants,” and beating his
    pudgy little man chest…before the meeting with President Trump.

    Just a little cultural muscle flexing for his “constituents.”

    MAGA PRESIDENT TRUMP 2020 !!

  13. Nothing was ever agreed upon. There are still sanctions against N. Korea. N. Korea was hoping that America would let it’s guard down, and stop the Sanctions so N.Korea could get it’s needed supplies to complete the Nuclear War heads, Gas, Oil, food, money, and many other things to help them survive. America cannot be stupid to let N. Korea push their agenda. Good for Mr. President not allowing N. Korea to get their sneaky way.

  14. Nothing was ever agreed upon. There are still sanctions against N. Korea. N. Korea was hoping that America would let it’s guard down, and stop the Sanctions so N.Korea could get it’s needed supplies to complete the Nuclear War heads, Gas, Oil, food, money, and many other things to help them survive. America cannot be stupid to let N. Korea push their agenda. Good for Mr. President not allowing N. Korea to get their sneaky way.

  15. Maybe so. But THIS particular year, they could have made arrangements for a much later date and not risked destroying this chance. Yes, N. Korea was probably playing everyone, but now, we will never know.

  16. it Is simple: if you don’t practice with your partners, you will lose that many more lives when the balloon goes up. maybe you’re just one of those folks who are proud of paying your taxes so some other American has to defend you

  17. it Is simple: if you don’t practice with your partners, you will lose that many more lives when the balloon goes up. maybe you’re just one of those folks who are proud of paying your taxes so some other American has to defend you

  18. Trump should fire the STUPID generals that did those STUPID drills at this time. How stupid can the USA be to do this now, at this time? There could be N and S peace for the first time in decades and the StUPID generals go and pull this dumb drill bs off? FIRE THEM.

  19. Trump should fire the STUPID generals that did those STUPID drills at this time. How stupid can the USA be to do this now, at this time? There could be N and S peace for the first time in decades and the StUPID generals go and pull this dumb drill bs off? FIRE THEM.

  20. Clearly the U.S. is not nor ever was interested in securing peace in the region and that is why they continue with the military exercises in South Korea. The real prize here is not North Korea but is China as China is currently making minced meat out of the U.S. dollar and is soon to take over as part of the trading world basket of currencies which will have the effect of collapsing the dollar. None of this is brought to the American people however as the current MSM are merely messengers of the deep state. eg Washington Post ect.

  21. I don’t know about that, Allen Groat. North Koreans were eating TREE BARK trying to stay alive last winter, while Litttle Rocket Boy was stuffing his face with gourmet delicacies and fine wine–it THAT didn’t provoke them to kill him, I don’t see much hope for that outcome.

  22. I don’t know about that, Allen Groat. North Koreans were eating TREE BARK trying to stay alive last winter, while Litttle Rocket Boy was stuffing his face with gourmet delicacies and fine wine–it THAT didn’t provoke them to kill him, I don’t see much hope for that outcome.

  23. North Korea is playing games; move more Arm Forces and Naval fleet in, tighten imbargo and seize ships violating it, North Korea will assinate its leader when they are starving to death.

  24. Isn’t this what was expected by someone like Kim. I wish he would, at least, talk with Trump. Kim is young and being manipulated by his government elders. They have no respect for him, but he rules. I will say I’m not surprised. I really was hoping that it would transpire. Who knows??, maybe he won’t cancel the summit with Trump. Trump needs to handle this carefully.

  25. Isn’t this what was expected by someone like Kim. I wish he would, at least, talk with Trump. Kim is young and being manipulated by his government elders. They have no respect for him, but he rules. I will say I’m not surprised. I really was hoping that it would transpire. Who knows??, maybe he won’t cancel the summit with Trump. Trump needs to handle this carefully.

  26. IMO it all started with all the fanfare regarding the release of the 3 which no doubt stuck in his craw and now the military exercises, which can wait.

  27. Is it unreasonable to think, that by saying he will pull out, that Kim Jong-un is getting the reaction that he hoped to get and that it was also planed.

  28. Is it unreasonable to think, that by saying he will pull out, that Kim Jong-un is getting the reaction that he hoped to get and that it was also planed.

  29. Really, this should have been expected. You talk peace and then have military drills which are meant to show North Korea what they can expect in a war with them. These exercises should have been cancelled. JMO.

  30. There’s not much in the way of entertainment in North Korea, so this is what they do to enjoy themselves and to help pass time in the boring hermit kingdom

  31. There’s not much in the way of entertainment in North Korea, so this is what they do to enjoy themselves and to help pass time in the boring hermit kingdom

  32. There’s not much in the way of entertainment in North Korea, so this is what they do to enjoy themselves and to help pass time in the boring hermit kingdom

  33. Kim didn’t “destroy” his nuclear testing site. The mountain where he was conducting nuclear testing CAVED IN and DESTROYED his nuclear testing site. Hence his sudden willingness to “talk.”

  34. Kim didn’t “destroy” his nuclear testing site. The mountain where he was conducting nuclear testing CAVED IN and DESTROYED his nuclear testing site. Hence his sudden willingness to “talk.”

  35. Now, how do you suppose those millions of NK troops are getting across the 25 mile DMZ which is riddled with all sorts of mines and explosive devices. Not to mention that their troops would be sitting ducks for South Korean and US missiles and air power. Outdated and non functioning equipment? Overrun by NK troops. You have got to be kidding. Where did you pick this up from a NK soldier? I do agree with you about military drills. Who in the world made that decision right before the most important meeting of the decade? I can’t see Mattis making that much of a mistake. This sounds like some back stabbing by the South Korean government out to sabotage the entire thing.

  36. Now, how do you suppose those millions of NK troops are getting across the 25 mile DMZ which is riddled with all sorts of mines and explosive devices. Not to mention that their troops would be sitting ducks for South Korean and US missiles and air power. Outdated and non functioning equipment? Overrun by NK troops. You have got to be kidding. Where did you pick this up from a NK soldier? I do agree with you about military drills. Who in the world made that decision right before the most important meeting of the decade? I can’t see Mattis making that much of a mistake. This sounds like some back stabbing by the South Korean government out to sabotage the entire thing.

  37. I’m not sure these “military drills” are worth all that much and should not create a situation where NK would cancel the meeting. I often have read where the U.S. troops have lots of outdated equipment, non-functioning equipment so our pathetic 30K troops would merely get over-run by the vast numbers of NK troops( 1.2 million active plus reserves and paramilitary) – – even though they might be as poorly armed. So, I say cancel the drills. Kim has provided some positive actions – – prisoner release, destroying his nuclear test lab (even though it probably didn’t function anymore). We should do something positive also.

  38. I’m not sure these “military drills” are worth all that much and should not create a situation where NK would cancel the meeting. I often have read where the U.S. troops have lots of outdated equipment, non-functioning equipment so our pathetic 30K troops would merely get over-run by the vast numbers of NK troops( 1.2 million active plus reserves and paramilitary) – – even though they might be as poorly armed. So, I say cancel the drills. Kim has provided some positive actions – – prisoner release, destroying his nuclear test lab (even though it probably didn’t function anymore). We should do something positive also.

  39. Nobody has to “accuse” Obama of “using”–he admitted it HIMSELF, on more than one occasoin–inveterate pot smoker and coke snorter. I always figured just a little thing like being President was not enough for him to quit, either.

    My theory of why nobody seemed to know where he was the night of the Benghazi attacks was that he was either STONED ouf ot his gourd or COKED UP and did not DARE show his drug-addled FACE in the situation room when Benghazi was going down. But not to worrh–Valerie Jarrett–the REAL President in the Obama White House–was there giving orders–INCLUDING that infamous “stand down” order that all the military seems to remember, but NOBODY in the Obama White House that night can recall–because it was ILLEGALLY given by somebody who had NO AUTHORITY to give it.

  40. Nobody has to “accuse” Obama of “using”–he admitted it HIMSELF, on more than one occasoin–inveterate pot smoker and coke snorter. I always figured just a little thing like being President was not enough for him to quit, either.

    My theory of why nobody seemed to know where he was the night of the Benghazi attacks was that he was either STONED ouf ot his gourd or COKED UP and did not DARE show his drug-addled FACE in the situation room when Benghazi was going down. But not to worrh–Valerie Jarrett–the REAL President in the Obama White House–was there giving orders–INCLUDING that infamous “stand down” order that all the military seems to remember, but NOBODY in the Obama White House that night can recall–because it was ILLEGALLY given by somebody who had NO AUTHORITY to give it.

  41. You’re completely delusional, Obozo was the 12th best President? Not even close! He’s at the bottom of the list & when all his crimes come out everyone who thinks he’s great (like you) will get a real eye opening awakening. Stop watching so much mainstream media & do your own research.

  42. You’re completely delusional, Obozo was the 12th best President? Not even close! He’s at the bottom of the list & when all his crimes come out everyone who thinks he’s great (like you) will get a real eye opening awakening. Stop watching so much mainstream media & do your own research.

  43. I bet u watch Fox news. As bad as Fox is – even they didn’t accuse the #12th best Prez, Barack Obama as using. The remarkable thing about comrade Trump he doesn’t drink alcohol nor take drugs so he claims, but he sure acts like he does with all the lying and screaming.

  44. I bet u watch Fox news. As bad as Fox is – even they didn’t accuse the #12th best Prez, Barack Obama as using. The remarkable thing about comrade Trump he doesn’t drink alcohol nor take drugs so he claims, but he sure acts like he does with all the lying and screaming.

  45. Everybody’s got their panties in a bunch over this thing. And by this thing, I mean the whole diplomatic foray to Pyongyang. We all should just calm down.

    The early indications (the release of hostages, the DMZ meeting between Kim & Moon, the setting of a summit date and locale) were overblown by the AGITPROP MEDIA, just so they could dash the hopes and expectations.

    The “fire and fury” was also overblown, so the same media could gravely inform us that Trump was herding us into the maw of nuclear war.

    And the DPRK’s threat from missiles, atomic bomb tests and — God help us all — a purported thermonuclear test too was overblown, just to make the imminence of Armageddon all that more piquant.

    Now, the recent threats of canceling a summit are wildly overblown too. (Exactly how exactly do you go from screaming about Armageddon married in the morning to screaming at the same decibel level about a canceled summit; time was we took these things in stride and that was when the threat was very real; Khrushchev banging his shoe in the General Assembly and duck & cover, ya know.) The rush to declare Trump’s strategy a failure before it has even been tried is vile.

    Basta!

  46. Call me paranoid, but perhaps the Deep State’s fingerprints are all over this. Don’t forget, John Kerry was caught meddling in the Iran Deal. I wouldn’t put it past the Dems to put the kibosh on this.

  47. If Trump had given more credit to Kim, maybe this wouldn’t be happening. Kim has an ego too, and I don’t think he relished the thought of Trump getting a Nobel Prize for the decision the he (Kim) made.

  48. Rocket Boy finally read “The Art of the Deal” and realizes he’s already given up his only bargaining chip; i.e., weapons of mass destruction.

    He’s not a Rocket Scientist, but in this bargain he can’t just “eliminate” someone to make his problems go away.

  49. The “Un” game is on again. Lulling South Korea into thinking that Kim Jong Un is suddenly a reasonable person with intentional good will toward the South and the world. It’s typical bait and switch. It’s Un’s way of getting what he wants from America by threatening to make the U.S. look like the bad guys of the world and renegers. Our previous Presidents have fallen for this ploy, but I doubt President Trump will play Kim Jong Un’s game.

  50. This seems logical if you put yourself in Kim’s shoes. Although; it was previously reported that he (Kim) had agreed that the exercises would continue. I think Mr. Kim is seeing what he can negotiate by this move. He really has nothing to lose by doing so and; He hasn’t said that the meeting isn’t going to happen but…..If South Korea and the US decide it’s in their best interest to stop the exercises rather than risk losing the meeting, then Kim takes credit. I think it’s just a bluff move and probably expected.

  51. Been halfway expecting this. The ONLY reason Kim Jong Un agreed to meet in the FIRST PLACE is becasue his mountain nuclear test site CAVE IN and COLLAPSED on itself. Either that, or Little Rocket Man is off his meds again!

  52. Rocket Man is just trying to “hitch up his big-boy pants,” and beating his
    pudgy little man chest…before the meeting with President Trump.

    Just a little cultural muscle flexing for his “constituents.”

    MAGA PRESIDENT TRUMP 2020 !!

  53. Nothing was ever agreed upon. There are still sanctions against N. Korea. N. Korea was hoping that America would let it’s guard down, and stop the Sanctions so N.Korea could get it’s needed supplies to complete the Nuclear War heads, Gas, Oil, food, money, and many other things to help them survive. America cannot be stupid to let N. Korea push their agenda. Good for Mr. President not allowing N. Korea to get their sneaky way.

  54. Trump should fire the STUPID generals that did those STUPID drills at this time. How stupid can the USA be to do this now, at this time? There could be N and S peace for the first time in decades and the StUPID generals go and pull this dumb drill bs off? FIRE THEM.

      1. Maybe so. But THIS particular year, they could have made arrangements for a much later date and not risked destroying this chance. Yes, N. Korea was probably playing everyone, but now, we will never know.

      1. it Is simple: if you don’t practice with your partners, you will lose that many more lives when the balloon goes up. maybe you’re just one of those folks who are proud of paying your taxes so some other American has to defend you

  55. Clearly the U.S. is not nor ever was interested in securing peace in the region and that is why they continue with the military exercises in South Korea. The real prize here is not North Korea but is China as China is currently making minced meat out of the U.S. dollar and is soon to take over as part of the trading world basket of currencies which will have the effect of collapsing the dollar. None of this is brought to the American people however as the current MSM are merely messengers of the deep state. eg Washington Post ect.

  56. North Korea is playing games; move more Arm Forces and Naval fleet in, tighten imbargo and seize ships violating it, North Korea will assinate its leader when they are starving to death.

    1. I don’t know about that, Allen Groat. North Koreans were eating TREE BARK trying to stay alive last winter, while Litttle Rocket Boy was stuffing his face with gourmet delicacies and fine wine–it THAT didn’t provoke them to kill him, I don’t see much hope for that outcome.

  57. Isn’t this what was expected by someone like Kim. I wish he would, at least, talk with Trump. Kim is young and being manipulated by his government elders. They have no respect for him, but he rules. I will say I’m not surprised. I really was hoping that it would transpire. Who knows??, maybe he won’t cancel the summit with Trump. Trump needs to handle this carefully.

  58. BlackRaven135

    IMO it all started with all the fanfare regarding the release of the 3 which no doubt stuck in his craw and now the military exercises, which can wait.

    1. Really, this should have been expected. You talk peace and then have military drills which are meant to show North Korea what they can expect in a war with them. These exercises should have been cancelled. JMO.

  59. I’m not sure these “military drills” are worth all that much and should not create a situation where NK would cancel the meeting. I often have read where the U.S. troops have lots of outdated equipment, non-functioning equipment so our pathetic 30K troops would merely get over-run by the vast numbers of NK troops( 1.2 million active plus reserves and paramilitary) – – even though they might be as poorly armed. So, I say cancel the drills. Kim has provided some positive actions – – prisoner release, destroying his nuclear test lab (even though it probably didn’t function anymore). We should do something positive also.

    1. Now, how do you suppose those millions of NK troops are getting across the 25 mile DMZ which is riddled with all sorts of mines and explosive devices. Not to mention that their troops would be sitting ducks for South Korean and US missiles and air power. Outdated and non functioning equipment? Overrun by NK troops. You have got to be kidding. Where did you pick this up from a NK soldier? I do agree with you about military drills. Who in the world made that decision right before the most important meeting of the decade? I can’t see Mattis making that much of a mistake. This sounds like some back stabbing by the South Korean government out to sabotage the entire thing.

    2. Kim didn’t “destroy” his nuclear testing site. The mountain where he was conducting nuclear testing CAVED IN and DESTROYED his nuclear testing site. Hence his sudden willingness to “talk.”

  60. Trump would be wise to cease military drills in South Korea until nuclear disarmament is completed, seems foolish to jeopardize this from happening.

      1. I bet u watch Fox news. As bad as Fox is – even they didn’t accuse the #12th best Prez, Barack Obama as using. The remarkable thing about comrade Trump he doesn’t drink alcohol nor take drugs so he claims, but he sure acts like he does with all the lying and screaming.

        1. You’re completely delusional, Obozo was the 12th best President? Not even close! He’s at the bottom of the list & when all his crimes come out everyone who thinks he’s great (like you) will get a real eye opening awakening. Stop watching so much mainstream media & do your own research.

        2. Nobody has to “accuse” Obama of “using”–he admitted it HIMSELF, on more than one occasoin–inveterate pot smoker and coke snorter. I always figured just a little thing like being President was not enough for him to quit, either.

          My theory of why nobody seemed to know where he was the night of the Benghazi attacks was that he was either STONED ouf ot his gourd or COKED UP and did not DARE show his drug-addled FACE in the situation room when Benghazi was going down. But not to worrh–Valerie Jarrett–the REAL President in the Obama White House–was there giving orders–INCLUDING that infamous “stand down” order that all the military seems to remember, but NOBODY in the Obama White House that night can recall–because it was ILLEGALLY given by somebody who had NO AUTHORITY to give it.

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