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One North Korea Negotiator's Advice For President Trump

Joel Wit, a former State Department official, has negotiated with North Korean representatives in the past. He discusses how Trump should approach negotiations with Kim Jong Un.
A man watches a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 11, 2018. Final preparations are underway in Singapore for Tuesday's historic summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim, including a plan for the leaders to kick things off by meeting with only their translators present, a U.S. official said. The signs read: "Summit between the United States and North Korea." (Ahn Young-joon/AP)

The clock is ticking down toward the historic summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.

Trump needs to walk away from the meeting “with some sort of document,” says , a former State Department official who’s negotiated with Kim’s representatives — and it must include the word “denuclearization.”

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