President Trump Cancels North Korea Summit, Citing ‘Tremendous Anger’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is canceling the planned June 12 summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, citing the ‘tremendous anger and open hostility’ in a recent statement from North Korea.

Trump says in a letter to Kim released Thursday by the White House that based on the statement, he felt it was ‘inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting.’

The president says the North Koreans talk about their nuclear capabilities, ‘but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used.’