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Ahead of summit with Kim Jong Un, Trump has lots of options

FILE - In this May 26, 2018, file photo, people watch a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. When Trump and Kim meet in Singapore next month, they will have two very different agendas. Kim would love to keep his nukes. And Trump would love to take them all away, ASAP. The letters read "if the summit does happen, will likely take place on June 12 in Singapore." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) The Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo distributed on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, at an undisclosed location. When U.s. President Donald Trump and Kim meet in Singapore in June 2018, they will have two very different agendas. Kim would love to keep his nukes. And Trump would love to take them all away, ASAP. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File) The Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2017, file image provided by the North Korean government on Nov. 30, 2017, shows what the North Korean government calls the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. When U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in Singapore in June 2018, they will have two very different agendas. Kim would love to keep his nukes. And Trump would love to take them all away, ASAP. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File) The Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, May 24, 2018, file photo, command post facilities of North Korea's nuclear test site are blown up in Punggye-ri, North Korea. When U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in Singapore next month, they will have two very different agendas. Kim would love to keep his nukes. And Trump would love to take them all away, ASAP. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP, File) The Associated Press

FILE - In this June 27, 2008, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex is demolished in Yongbyon, North Korea. When U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in Singapore in June 2018, they will have two very different agendas. Kim would love to keep his nukes. And Trump would love to take them all away, ASAP. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gao Haorong, File) The Associated Press

Posted May 30, 2018 7:00 am

The Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) - When President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in Singapore next month, they will have two very different agendas.

Washington has set the bar for the summit extremely high - complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization. Pyongyang has a tall order of its own: the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, with the precondition that the "hostile policy" of the U.S. toward their country must first end.

If a deal is struck, options range from an unlikely handover by Kim of several nuclear weapons as a sign of sincerity. Short of immediate denuclearization, the U.S. may also push for a freeze on production of bombs, missiles and nuclear material.

Three North Korea experts have also published a roadmap that includes three phases over the next 10 years.

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