Trump says he needs to meet with Kim Jong Un again.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday (20) that he would "most likely" meet again with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he continues efforts to persuade Pyongyang to abandon nuclear weapons.
247, with Reuters, by Steve Holland, Jeff Mason and James Oliphant - US President Donald Trump said on Monday (20) that he would "most likely" meet again with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he continues efforts to convince Pyongyang to abandon nuclear weapons.
Speaking to Reuters, Trump, who met with Kim on June 12, said he believed North Korea had taken specific steps toward denuclearization, despite widespread doubts about Kim's willingness to abandon the arsenal.
Trump believes that "many good things are happening" with North Korea and said that he tackled the North Korean challenge as soon as he took office in January 2017, working on the North Korean issue for only three months, while his predecessors worked on it for 30 years.
"I stopped the nuclear tests (of North Korea). I stopped the missile tests (of North Korea). Japan is excited. What will happen? Who knows? We'll see," he said.
At the summit in Singapore, Kim accepted broad terms for working toward denuclearization, but North Korea gave no indication that it was willing to unilaterally abandon its weapons, as demanded by the US.
Trump praised the summit in Singapore and even said that North Korea no longer poses a nuclear threat.
In the interview, Trump credited his "great chemistry" with Kim for easing a nuclear standoff that last year raised fears of a new Korean war.