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Trump Gets Bipartisan Praise for Walking Out of Summit With Kim

  • Lawmakers of both parties say no deal is better than bad deal
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Trump Was Right to Walk Away From Kim Talks, Adm. Mullen Says
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President Donald Trump received bipartisan praise from members of Congress for walking out of his summit with Kim Jong Un after the two couldn’t reach a deal because of North Korea’s refusal to give up its nuclear weapons program.

"President Trump did the right thing by walking away and not cutting a poor deal for the sake of a photo op," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, saidBloomberg Terminal on the Senate floor.