Tillerson Offers No-Preconditions Sit-Down With North Koreans: ‘Let’s Just Meet’

patrick.goodenough | December 12, 2017
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday the U.S. was ready to talk to the regime in Pyongyang without preconditions, arguing that it was unrealistic to expect it to be willing to abandon its nuclear ambitions at the outset. Two months ago, President Trump chided him for “wasting his time” trying to negotiate with Kim Jong-un.