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Singapore summit boasts of bonhomie, but Trump-Kim deal lacks details

The lack of any details contributed to an air of skepticism in Washington about what Trump accomplished

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US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Singapore summit| Photo: Reuters

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President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un produced a historic handshake but all of the work to make the deal a reality lies ahead, with no benchmarks for progress, follow-up meetings scheduled or even common agreement on what success would look like.
 
The lack of any details contributed to an air of skepticism in Washington about what Trump accomplished, and not just from Democrats. While the president won general praise for talking to Kim -- instead of tweeting at him -- even some Republicans were grasping for concrete takeaways and sounding cautious.

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