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Trump says will meet North Korea’s Kim later this year; says Pyongyang has 57 nukes
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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 will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year, in what would be their first encounter of Trump’s second term.
“Yeah, I will be,” Trump tells reporters during a tour of a new helipad he is building at the White House, when asked if he planned to meet Kim later in 2026.
“I get along with him great. He has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons. He’s gonna be fine,” Trump adds.
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