Foreign Policy Analysts Skeptical of North Korea Summit Results, Lack of Details

Analysts concerned by lack of new commitments from Pyongyang, U.S. concessions

After a historic summit in Singapore, President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un signed a document committing to work together for peace. Other highlights included mutual compliments, handshakes and a lunch with prawn cocktail. Photo: Getty Images

Louise Radnofsky and

Jessica Donati

Updated June 12, 2018 11:31 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON—U.S. foreign policy analysts on Tuesday said the U.S. appeared to have given away more than it had received in return in talks between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and took note of the lack of details in the joint communiqué the two men signed.

“Did you really need a summit to get this document?” asked Victor Cha, a Georgetown University professor and North Korea expert once under consideration by the Trump administration for ambassador to South Korea, on MSNBC.

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