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Trump says he still has ‘great relationship’ with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) and US President Donald Trump prepare to shake hands at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
US President Donald Trump says he still has a good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with whom he held several summits during his first term, and refers to North Korea once again as a “nuclear power.”
Asked by reporters during an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte whether he has plans to reestablish relations with Kim, Trump said: “I have a great relationship with Kim Jong Un, and we’ll see what happens, but certainly he’s a nuclear power.”
On January 20, when he was inaugurated for his second term, Trump said North Korea was a “nuclear power,” raising questions about whether he would pursue arms reduction talks rather than denuclearization negotiations in any re-engagement with Pyongyang.
