Jack Keane: ‘President Trump Is in the Driver’s Seat Here’ on North Korea, ‘He Has the Leverage’

‘The substance got president Trump to cancel the summit’

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KEANE: "The argument would say we need more time. You can’t get all of that done in that period of time. But here is what I think is happening. First of all, President Trump is in the driver’s seat here. He has the leverage. After the May 8th meeting with Kim Jong-un and President Xi done in secret in China, the whole substance of the potential summit changed. They seemed to be moving away from denuclearization. The tone changed for sure, but it was the substance that got President Trump to cancel the summit. He is back in the driver’s seat and they recognize now, if they ever had a doubt, they recognize that they cannot game this president. If they are going to continue to do that as we go into the summit negotiations, they aren’t going to make that kind of progress."

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