The Washington Post is reporting and CNN is confirming that CIA Director Mike Pompeo already met with Kim Jong Un WEEKS AGO during Easter weekend.
BREAKING: 2 US officials say CIA Director Mike Pompeo has met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 18, 2018
Watch below:
Fox News confirmed it too:
CIA Director Mike Pompeo met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un over Easter weekend in an effort to lay the groundwork for a summit between Kim and President Trump, Fox News has confirmed.
Pompeo’s trip, which was first reported by The Washington Post, came to light hours after Trump told reporters that the U.S. and North Korea are holding direct talks at “extremely high levels” in preparation for what would be an extraordinary meeting following months of heated rhetoric over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.
The White House and the CIA declined to comment to Fox News about Pompeo’s visit.
“The administration does not comment on the CIA Director’s travel,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.
Trump, who welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to his Florida resort Tuesday, said five locations for the potential summit are under consideration. The president would not disclose the sites but said the U.S. was not among them.
“We’ll either have a very good meeting or we won’t have a good meeting,” Trump told reporters. “And maybe we won’t even have a meeting at all, depending on what’s going in. But I think that there’s a great chance to solve a world problem.”
The president did not answer shouted questions about whether he has spoken with Kim.
BUT THEN LATER, Trump said that he DID speak with Kim Jong Un personally, only to have the White House clarify that he DIDN’T!!
And then there’s that whole mess with Nikki Haley and the Russian sanctions, and it’s all kinda screwy tonight. Enjoy!!