“Every word matters, and a slip-up can have monumental consequences.” For the first hour or so, the only people in the room will be Trump and Kim … and their interpreters. NPR: The Pressures Of Being An Interpreter At A High-Stakes Summit. (In this case, we’ll need the usual semantic interpretation and some psychoanalytic interpretation.)

+ A Buzzfeed headline that captures the conflicting feelings about the meeting: Kim Jong Un Posed For A Selfie. He’s Also Probably Guilty Of Crimes Against Humanity.

+ Trump tweeted that, “Excitement is in the air.” Kim Jong Un took a nighttime tour. And Dennis Rodman, wearing a t-shirt promoting a cannabis cryptocurrency, landed in Singapore. “I’m just happy to be a part of it because I think I deserve it, I think I brought awareness on a lot of things around the world, and I think North Korea has given a lot of people the opportunity to do this conference now.” Here’s the latest on the summit from CNN, NYT, and The Independent.