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President Donald Trump is open to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who is expected to achieve philanthropic, the White House said, even Pyongyang warned against any pressure to leave his nuclear arsenal.
A White House official told Fox News Digital, “President Trump in his first term held three historical summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who stabilized the Korean peninsula and already gained a leader-level agreement.”
“The President retains those objectives and is open to join with the leader Kim to achieve a fully D-elected North Korea.”
Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister Kim Yo Jong said in the comments made by the state media that the relationship between Trump and his brother is “not bad.” However, he warned that any attempt to pressurize North Korea would be seen as “nothing but a joke”.
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Trump and Kim painted during their February 2019 meeting in Vietnam. (AP Photo/Ivan Wuki, File)
He also claimed that the country’s nuclear arsenal has expanded considerably as the two leaders met for the last time – despite their pledge to pursue the hypothesis – and said that if a future summit is not possible, it is focused on nuclear disarmament.
Kim Yo Jong, referring to the country from his official name, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, said, “If America fails to accept the changed reality and remains in a unsuccessful past, DPRK -US meeting will remain in the form of ‘Asha’ of the US side,” Kim Yo Jong has its official name, the country’s official name, the country’s reply Said referring to.
Trump organized three unprecedented summit with North Korean leader – which he once named “Little Rocket Man” – during his first term: in Singapore in 2018, Hanoi in 2019 and Korean in Korean Demilitrated area that year, where he became the first US President to step on North Korean soil.
At the 2018 summit, Trump and Kim signed a joint statement to work towards the complete nuclearization of the Korean peninsula and committed to establish the new American -north Korea relations.
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The pair initially signed a vague agreement for the Korean peninsula – but North Korea built its arsenal. (AP/KCNA))
However, the conversation in the latter meetings broke. North Korea did not release its nuclear weapons, and the United States did not lift the ban. Kim allegedly demanded the abolition of only some parts of the arsenal of the regime – a proposal rejected by Trump.
By 2020, the dialogue had come to a complete standstill, and North Korea resumed arms testing.
The picture provided by the North Korean government shows what it says that the rocket drills that simulates an atomic counter against enemies, on Monday, April 22, 2024 at an unknown place in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service through AP)
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In a statement on Monday in memory of the 72nd anniversary of the end of the Korean War, Trump reflected his meetings with Kim, saying, “I was proud to become the first president sitting in North Korea to cross this demarcated area in North Korea.”
He confirmed the American alliance with South Korea, saying: “Although the evils of communism still remain in Asia, the American and South Korean forces remain united in an Ironclad alliance till date.”