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Kim 'was so happy to see me': Trump

Friday, 12 July 2019 5:00 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 12 July 2019 5:00 PM ]

This picture taken on June 30, 2019 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 1, 2019 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) meeting South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (R) and US President Donald Trump (C) on the south side of the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ). (AFP photo)

US President Donald Trump has said he has developed a very friendly relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, adding that he “was so happy to see me.”

"You have a man that was so happy to see me. That’s a good thing, not a bad thing," Trump told reporters on Friday at the White House.

"You have a man that doesn’t smile a lot, but when he saw me, he smiled. He was happy," he continued. "You have a man that when I came into office all he was doing before was testing nuclear weapons… and now he’s not doing it."

Late last month Trump made a spur-of-the-moment decision and met the North Korean leader and stepped onto the country’s soil.

Trump took the decision towards the end of a trip to South Korea and met with Kim in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on June 30. He then walked many steps into the North’s territory to become the first-ever American president to do so.

PressTV-Trump meets North Korea’s Kim at DMZ

US President Donald Trump is meeting North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.

Both during the meeting and after follow-up talks on the southern side, Trump hugely praised the Korean leader and the countries’ “great relations.” The entire escapade was accompanied by much media pomp and a flurry of photography.

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