Talks collapsed in Vietnam between North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump. Photo: AP

Quick Take by Srini Sitaraman

Trump-Kim summit 2019: A meeting of ‘two stubborn toddlers’ hoping to play each other for suckers?

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Both sides came to the table with what they wanted, but neither wanted to compromise; each side miscalculated the other
A hastily planned second meeting was never going to end well when neither side could even agree on the basics

Published: 2:04pm, 1 Mar, 2019

Updated: 5:41pm, 1 Mar, 2019

Talks collapsed in Vietnam between North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump. Photo: AP

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