<p>President Trump on Thursday announced the date and time for his upcoming meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The highly anticipated meeting between King Jon-un and myself will take place in Singapore on June 12th,&rdquo; tweeted Trump. &ldquo;We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!&rdquo;</p>
<p>Trump&rsquo;s announcement came hours after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returned home from Pyongyang accompanied by three Korean-Americans who had been imprisoned there for over a year.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This is a special night for these three really great people,&rdquo; said Trump. &ldquo;The true honor is going to be if we have a victory in getting rid of nuclear weapons. ;</p>
<p>The Administration seems to have high hopes for Trump&rsquo;s meeting with Kim, which follows months of intense pressure ;and economic sanctions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I think we have a very good chance of doing something very meaningful,&rdquo; said Trump. &ldquo;My proudest achievement will be &#8211; this is part of it &#8211; when we denuclearize that entire peninsula.&#8221; ;</p>
<p>On Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence suggested Kim could change the future of North Korea if he acts differently than his father and grandfather. We are already &ldquo;seeing hopeful signs from Kim Jong-un that he is prepared to embrace complete denuclearization &#8211; that&rsquo;s his words,&rdquo; said Pence. ;</p>
<p>Kim in April met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and the two leaders signed a commitment to put a formal end to the Korean War. ;</p>
<p>In March, Kim said he would be willing to start talks with Trump and offered to suspend nuclear and missile tests. That meeting, which now has a definitive date, will be the first ever face-to-face meeting between an active US president and a leader of communist North Korea.</p>
<p>While the ;White House says the goal of the talks is the &ldquo;irreversible&rdquo; denuclearization of North Korea, Kim has described the meeting as &ldquo;an excellent first step toward promotion of the positive developments on the Korean Peninsula and [the] building of a good future.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Trump has made it clear that he intends to discuss denuclearization, and that he will &ldquo;walk away&rdquo; if the talks are not productive.</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> All signs are that this will turn out well, its an exceptional accomplishment if it works.</p>