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On Thursday, President Trump announced that he was calling off the greatly anticipated U.S.-North Korea summit because the other party was acting in bad faith going into it, something the President promised to do weeks ago. Of course, many in the liberal media used the opportunity to suggest it was somehow a diplomatic blunder on his part despite nuclear threats by the regime overnight. ABC seemed to be in that camp as they downplayed North Korea’s recent hostile actions.
ABC kicked off World News Tonight with a report about these latest developments and seemed to suggest President Trump had bad timing:
And we begin with those major developments on North Korea and our new reporting. President Trump calling off the summit on its nuclear program, citing North Korea's, quote, “tremendous anger and open hostility.” It came just hours after North Korea invited journalists to witness what they say was the planned destruction of their nuclear testing site.
The network’s chief White House correspondent, Jon Karl attacked Trump’s letter calling off the summit as “wistful,” huffed about how it was addressed to “His Excellency” and for writing “Dear Mr. Chairman. We greatly appreciate your time, patient and effort." Of course, he automatically wondered if a new war on the Korean peninsula was approaching.