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Trump believes kim jong un
President Donald Trump says he really believes North Korea's Kim Jong Un is going to make good on his promise to denuclearize.
Trump said Tuesday near the end of a lengthy press conference in Singapore that he may be wrong about Kim, but he'll never admit it.
Trump jokes that he “may stand before you in six months and say, ‘Hey, I was wrong.'” But he says, “I don't know that I'll ever admit that.”
second meeting needed, trump says
President Donald Trump says he thinks “we'll probably need another summit” " or at least a second meeting " with North Korea's Kim Jong Un as they discuss Kim's commitment to denuclearization.
But Trump told reporters in Singapore on Tuesday that he and Kim were able to cover far more ground than he'd expected.
Trump answered reporters' questions at a free-wheeling press conference before returning to the U.S. He appeared to be enjoying himself as he went back and forth with the press.
Summit overdue
President Donald Trump says North Korea has a “substantial arsenal” of nuclear weapons and the summit should have happened five years ago.
At a news conference Tuesday after his meeting with Kim Jong Un, Trump discussed efforts to press him to get rid of its nuclear weapons.
The president says that the U.S. doesn't have a lot of intelligence on the country but that “we have enough intelligence to know that what they have is very substantial.”
Trudeau made costly mistake, trump says
President Donald Trump says that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “learned” from the mistake of criticizing him and that it's going to cost Canada “a lot of money.”
At a news conference in Singapore on Tuesday, Trump recounted his recent tough exchanges with Trudeau. He says the Canadian leader must not have realized that Trump had televisions on Air Force One, allowing him to monitor Trudeau's news conference at the end of the G-7 summit.
China suggests lifting sanctions
China has suggested that the UN Security Council could consider suspending or lifting sanctions against North Korea if Pyongyang is in compliance with UN resolutions and making progress in diplomatic negotiations.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Tuesday that China “welcomes and supports” talks between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump to reach consensus on denuclearization and establishing a peace mechanism.
Iran warns north Korea
The spokesman for the Iranian government is warning North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that President Donald Trump could nullify any nuclear deal with North Korea.
The semi-official Fars news agency quotes Mohammad Bagher Nobakht as saying Tuesday: “We are facing a man who revokes his signature while abroad.”
Nobakht's remarks are the first by an Iranian official after Trump and Kim concluded their nuclear summit.
While flying for talks with Kim on Sunday, Trump rejected an agreement signed by the leaders of the G-7 countries at their summit in Canada. The U.S. also pulled out of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran in May.
Trump answers criticism
President Donald Trump is pushing back on criticism that the U.S. has gotten little in return for his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Trump told reporters at a news conference in Singapore Tuesday after his meeting that he “gave up nothing.”
He says “it's not a big deal” for world leaders to meet with the president of the United States.
Sanctions halted
President Donald Trump says he had planned to place another 300 sanctions on North Korea recently, but he held off because it would be “disrespectful” ahead of the meeting.
Trump said Tuesday at a news conference in Singapore following his summit with Kim Jong Un that the U.S. will remove the sanctions already in place when they're assured that the nuclear weapons “are no longer a factor.”
He also says that it takes “a long time to pull off complete denuclearization” but that he will push for North Korea to remove its nuclear weapons as fast as it can “mechanically and physically” be done.
Trump invites North Korean leader to white house
President Donald Trump says he'll invite North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit the White House at the “appropriate time.” And he says Kim has accepted.
Trump also says he is open to visiting Kim some day in Pyongyang.
North Korea destroying missile engine testing site, Trump says
President Donald Trump says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is destroying a major missile engine testing site.
Trump says Kim informed him of this development during the historic nuclear summit they held Tuesday in Singapore. Trump did not give a location for the testing site.
He says the details about the site being destroyed were not included in the joint declaration the leaders signed after nearly five hours of talks because they agreed to it after the document was signed.
Trump defends praise of Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump is defending his repeated praise of North Korea's Kim Jong Un during their meetings in spite of Kim's distressing record on human rights.
Trump told reporters at a press conference in Singapore on Tuesday that Kim “is very talented.” He pointed to Kim's rise to power at a relatively young age.
Trump has appeared largely unconcerned about the implications of feting an authoritarian leader suspected of ordering the public assassination of his half brother with a nerve agent, executing his uncle by firing squad and killing U.S. college student Otto Warmbier.
Trump says without Warmbier's death, his meeting with Kim may not have happened. He says, “Otto did not die in vain.”
Associated Press
