2018年3月31號同4月1號，已獲美國總統當勞侵提名爲美國國務卿嘅時任美國中情局長蓬佩奧喺平壤密會金正恩，係18年來美朝最高層會唔。呢次會晤爲峯會做準備，包括討論可能會面地點。4月17日，特朗普於海湖莊園會見日本首相安倍晉三的當天，消息人士向記者透露了此事。
On March 31 and April 1, 2018, then-United States CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who had been nominated by United States President Dang Labor to be the Secretary of State of United States, held a secret meeting with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, the highest meeting between the United States and North Korea in 18 years. The meeting prepared for the summit and included a discussion of where the meeting might take place. On April 17, the day Trump met with Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago, sources revealed the matter to reporters.