Updated on May 24, 2018, at 11:20 a.m.:

President Donald Trump cancelled the planned summit meeting between leaders of the United States and North Korea, according to a publicly released letter. Multiple reports indicate that a the proposed get-together, which was scheduled for June 12 in Singapore, will no longer happen.

"Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting," Trump wrote in a letter addressed to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "You talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used." At the end of the letter, he attempted to leave the door open for a dialogue to continue.

The letter comes after a vice-minister from North Korea's Foreign Ministry called Vice President Mike Pence a "political dummy," as CNN reported. That vice-minister, Choe Son Hui, addressed comments Pence had made comparing North Korea to Libya. On May 21, Pence warned that North Korea could end up in a similar situation to that of the African nation of Libya if it fails to make a nuclear deal with the U.S., according to another CNN report.

According to Brookings Institute, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi worked out a deal with the administration of George W. Bush that he would abandon ambitions towards weapons of mass destruction in return for sanctions relief; he was overthrown in a 2011 civil war that had the U.S. supporting rebels with military firepower. Years of fighting followed.

North Korea's Choe resented the comparison from Pence, saying in comments reported Thursday, "As a person involved in the US affairs, I cannot suppress my surprise at such ignorant and stupid remarks gushing out from the mouth of the US vice president." She also said, "Whether the US will meet us at a meeting room or encounter us at nuclear-to-nuclear showdown is entirely dependent upon the decision and behavior of the United States."

This may have been the statement that Trump was referring to in his letter, but a CNN report indicated that there was skepticism from Trump staffers that the meeting would take place on Monday, before the comments were publicized in the U.S.

In the lead up to the now-cancelled summit, North Korea released 3 U.S. hostages and signed a historic peace agreement with South Korea regarding the Korean War. House Republicans also nominated Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize based on his diplomatic work with the nation.

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