President Donald Trump says he plans to meet with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jung Un soon.
When asked by a reporter if he planned to meet with Kim before the end of the year on Wednesday, Trump replied, “Yes, I will be.” The President added that he has a good relationship with the North Korean leader.
“I get along with Kim Jong Un very well. He’s going to be fine. As long as we have a smart president, he’s going to be fine.” He continued, “He has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons. Should have never allowed it to happen, they should never have allowed it – if I were president, I never would have allowed it.”
Pyongyang has not responded to Trump’s request for a meeting with Kim. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of the Supreme Leader, said she was unaware if her brother had any communications with Trump.
Kim has recently changed the North Korean constitution to explicitly include nuclear weapons as part of its national defense. Pyongyang says it will not engage in talks with Washington until the US drops its demand that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons.
Trump and Kim met three times during the President’s first term. However, the summits did not result in an agreement between Washington and Pyongyang.
Earlier this week, Trump announced US war games with South Korea would be scaled back. The President was irked by Seoul when South Korea refused to aid his war against Iran.
