Trump Revives 3 Kim Meetings, Citing 'Very Good Relationship' in 2019 DMZ Post
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Updated · Newsweek · Aug 17
Trump Revives 3 Kim Meetings, Citing 'Very Good Relationship' in 2019 DMZ Post
3 articles · Updated · Newsweek · Aug 17
Summary
Weekend social media posts from Donald Trump revived his outreach to Kim Jong Un, with Trump again saying they "get along GREAT" and highlighting a 2019 photo from the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
One post tied that claimed rapport to policy, with Trump saying his relationship with Kim was a reason he opposed large-scale U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises.
Three meetings between 2018 and 2019 defined the relationship: the first summit between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader in Singapore, a failed Hanoi summit, and Trump's DMZ crossing into North Korea.
Those encounters produced historic images and lowered tensions symbolically, but the diplomacy ultimately failed to deliver the denuclearization breakthrough sought by Washington and Pyongyang.