Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
President Trump expects to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un later this year, after directing the U.S. military to scale down joint exercises with South Korea.
“Yeah, I will be,” Trump told reporters Wednesday when asked if he planned to meet with Kim, touting the relationship between the leaders.
“The fact that I get him along with him, that's a good thing, not a bad thing. He has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons. Should have never allowed it to happen. They should have never allowed it. If I were president, I wouldn't have allowed it. But he's got them. I get along with him very well,” Trump said.
Trump declined to talk about whether his goal was to engage Kim on denuclearization, or if the two were exchanging letters.
“I didn't like the fact that we're doing these massive military exercises, really against North Korea. It was an exercise against North Korea, when I'm friendly with him, when we have, I don't see anything happening for certainly two and a half years, it's not going to happen with me, but I don't see anything happening,” Trump said.
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President Trump expects to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un later this year, after directing the U.S. military to scale down joint exercises with South Korea.
“Yeah, I will be,” Trump told reporters Wednesday when asked if he planned to meet with Kim, touting the relationship between the leaders.
“The fact that I get him along with him, that's a good thing, not a bad thing. He has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons. Should have never allowed it to happen. They should have never allowed it. If I were president, I wouldn't have allowed it. But he's got them. I get along with him very well,” Trump said.
Trump declined to talk about whether his goal was to engage Kim on denuclearization, or if the two were exchanging letters.
“I didn't like the fact that we're doing these massive military exercises, really against North Korea. It was an exercise against North Korea, when I'm friendly with him, when we have, I don't see anything happening for certainly two and a half years, it's not going to happen with me, but I don't see anything happening,” Trump said.
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