Donald Trump says he plans to reach out to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Donald Trump News
During his first term in office, Trump met with Kim on three occasions between 2018 and 2019.
US President Donald Trump said he plans to reach out to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after returning to the White House.
During an interview Thursday, Trump was asked about his plans for Kim and whether he would “reach out.”
“I will, yes. He liked me,” Trump said.
Trump and Kim had an unusually strong relationship during the president’s first term in office in two countries that have been at loggerheads since the Korean War nearly 70 years ago. Trump had previously described their relationship as “very, very good” and described Kim as a “smart guy” in the media.
During his first term in office, Trump met with Kim on three separate occasions between 2018 and 2019.
In 2019, he made history as the first sitting US president to visit North Korea since the 1953 armistice marked the de facto end of the Korean War.
Following his re-election in November, Trump’s team said they were considering resuming “direct talks” with Kim.
However, Trump’s close ties to Kim have in the past put him at odds with U.S. treaty ally South Korea and possibly even with members of his own Cabinet as he heads toward his second term in office.
Senator Marco Rubio, Trump’s choice for secretary of state, described Kim as a “dictator” and called for “very serious consideration of comprehensive North Korean policies” at his confirmation hearing in the Senate.
