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Trump: 'I would be honored' to meet with Kim Jong Un
Trump: 'I would be honored' to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
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WATCH Trump: 'I would be honored' to meet with Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump said he "would be honored" to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, amid rising tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, and defended inviting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to visit the White House.
Trump spoke to Bloomberg on Monday, saying, "If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him [Kim], I would, absolutely. I would be honored to do it."
"Most political people would never say that," he continued, "but I'm telling you, under the right circumstances, I would meet with him. We have breaking news."
This is not the first time he has expressed a willingness to meet with the enigmatic leader. A year ago, before clinching the Republican Party's presidential nomination, Trump told Reuters that he "would have no problem" speaking with Kim.
Thae Yong Ho, a diplomat who defected from North Korea last year, told CNN in January that Kim would likely be interested in such a meeting with Trump as "a good opportunity for him to open a kind of compromise with the new American administration." But since that time, North Korean missile tests have escalated the rhetoric between the leadership of the two countries.
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Trump: 'I would be honored' to meet with Kim Jong Un
Trump: 'I would be honored' to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
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WATCH Trump: 'I would be honored' to meet with Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump said he "would be honored" to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, amid rising tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, and defended inviting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to visit the White House.
Trump spoke to Bloomberg on Monday, saying, "If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him [Kim], I would, absolutely. I would be honored to do it."
"Most political people would never say that," he continued, "but I'm telling you, under the right circumstances, I would meet with him. We have breaking news."
This is not the first time he has expressed a willingness to meet with the enigmatic leader. A year ago, before clinching the Republican Party's presidential nomination, Trump told Reuters that he "would have no problem" speaking with Kim.
Thae Yong Ho, a diplomat who defected from North Korea last year, told CNN in January that Kim would likely be interested in such a meeting with Trump as "a good opportunity for him to open a kind of compromise with the new American administration." But since that time, North Korean missile tests have escalated the rhetoric between the leadership of the two countries.
