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    President Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un ends with no agreement; White House says 'talks to continue'

    by Shashank Bengali, Eli Stokols and Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times Feb 28, 2019 5 minutes

    HANOI, Vietnam - President Donald Trump's second summit with Kim Jong Un was cut short Thursday with no agreement on rolling back North Korea's nuclear program, a setback to Trump's high-profile diplomatic outreach to the reclusive nation.

    Trump and Kim scrapped a working lunch and canceled a ceremony at which they had been due to sign a joint statement. Trump's motorcade departed Hanoi's Metropole hotel about 1:25 p.m., more than an hour earlier than originally scheduled.

    "No agreement was reached at this time, but their respective teams look forward to meeting in the future," White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said. She described the meeting in Hanoi as "very good and constructive."

    The abrupt cancellations were surprising given the conciliatory remarks made by

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