President Donald Trump canceled his historic nuclear summit with Kim Jong Un on Thursday, accusing North Korea of “tremendous anger and open hostility.”
The meeting, which would have marked the first face-to-face encounter between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader, was set for June 12 in Singapore.
The senior White House official also said that North Korea had suspended direct communication with the U.S. over the past week.
Lt. Col. Cedric Leighton is a CNN Military Analyst and security consultant who served on the Joint Chief’s Staff and the National Security Council. He joined Dan and Amy with expert analysis of President Trump’s decision to cancel the planned summit with North Korea: