Canceled it . On friday, the New York Times wrote the following. Quote, a senior white house official told reporters that even if the meeting were reinstated holding it on june 12 would be impossible given the lack of time needed. President Trump 1307bded on twitter with this false accusation. Quote, the failing the New York Times quotes a senior white house official who doesnt exist, use real people, not phony sources. The source was, in fact, a senior white house official speaking to a large group of reporters in the White House Briefing room. We journalists try as hard as we can to always identify our sources on the record so that we can tell you, our viewers, watchers, listeners, why you should trust our information. Sometimes we agree to allow people to speak anonymously. Well refer to that as talking on background. Nbc news does know the identity of this official, although were not identifying him because we agreed not to. We, however, do not invent people. If we did, we would an
first, jeff mason, are you going to singapore on june 12, or are you staying home? i m so confused. the fact that the president last week so very clearly canceled the summit it was a letter. not even the tweet. later also in his remarks that day at the white house, he said, who knows, maybe it will still happen on june 12. he s been leaving the door very wide open for that despite the very dramatic cancellation letter. he wants to go. he wants this to happen. and so, how did the letter evolve, then? obviously somebody convinced him this is the right thing to do or is this another impulsive, i m going to send this because i want them to know i m willing to do it? i think they were responding to a comment marc made the night before and which we ll either meet you for a summit or a nuclear showdown. the president and others decided we can t have a meeting under these circumstances. but he still wants to go. and so the key question there is whether or not they can agree
first, jeff mason, are you going to singapore on june 12, or are you staying home? i m so confused. the fact that the president last week so very clearly canceled the summit it was a letter. not even the tweet. later also in his remarks that day at the white house, he said, who knows, maybe it will still happen on june 12. he s been leaving the door very wide open for that despite the very dramatic cancellation letter. he wants to go. he wants this to happen. and so, how did the letter evolve, then? obviously somebody convinced him this is the right thing to do or is this another impulsive, i m going to send this because i want them to know i m willing to do it? i think they were responding to a comment marc made the night before and which we ll either meet you for a summit or a nuclear showdown. the president and others decided we can t have a meeting under these circumstances. but he still wants to go. and so the key question there is
in the letter there were indications that the president took umbrage with with his vice president being characterized as a political dummy by the north korean regime. zoomed seemed to have wounded him. what s it going to be like going forward? yeah, as you said, president trump seemed offended by those comments about vice president pence and there was discuss about a nuclear back and forth with north korea directed at u.s. saying they could make washington suffer. all of that led up to the president deciding to cancel the summit on thursday morning. but, as you say, within hours the president was saying, well, it could be back on. even in that cancellation letter, it s been noticed the tone was almost regretful, expressing sadness almost about the relationship between the two that seemed to be developing.
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