The U.S. and North Korea failed to reach a nuclear deal Thursday during the countries’ second summit together, with President Donald Trump saying regretfully, “sometimes you have to walk.”

According to the president, the negotiations in Hanoi, Vietnam stalled over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s desire to see the U.S. lift its sanctions on the rogue regime. In exchange, Kim offered to shut down a nuclear facility in Yongbyon but did not address other secret facilities throughout the country.

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“It was about the sanctions,” Trump told reporters at a solo press conference. “Basically, they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn’t do that. They were willing to de-nuke a large portion of the areas that we wanted, but we couldn’t give up all of the sanctions for that.” . . .

Trump and Kim did not participate in a working lunch or a signing ceremony as planned, and the White House released an official statement indicating that the two world leaders were unable to reach a deal. It reads:

President Donald J. Trump of the United States and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea had very good and constructive meetings in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27-28, 2019. The two leaders discussed various ways to advance denuclearization and economic driven concepts. No agreement was reached at this time, but their respective teams look forward to meeting in the future.

Trump asserted during his press conference that they left negotiations on good terms and were planning on continuing talks in the future. However, the president also did not commit to a third summit with Kim and could not provide a timeline as to when one might occur.

(Excerpted from The Daily Caller.)