Donald Trump Open to Speaking with Kim Jong Un
President Trump said during a Camp David news conference Saturday that he “absolutely” would hold phone talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, appearing to contradict some of his top administration officials, USA Today reports.
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster is among those who’ve said there must be preconditions for high-level talks with North Korea, which is racing to develop a nuclear weapons arsenal.
“Sure, I always believe in talking,” Trump said in response to a question about whether he’d speak with Kim. “Absolutely, I would do that,” he said, stressing he would also “be very firm.”
“He knows I’m not messing around,” Trump said. “If something can come out of those talks that would be a great thing for all of humanity.”
Kim and Trump have engaged in an unprecedented war of words for months. Trump has referred to Kim as "little rocket man," "short and fat" and a "madman," and threatened to wipe Kim and his country off the face of the earth if they attack the United States or its allies. Kim has responded in kind, calling Trump a "mentally deranged dotard (senile person)," saying he deserved the death penalty, and vowing to annihilate the U.S. if it attacks North Korea.
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