'The Secret Service Was Not Happy': Trump Recounts Meeting Kim Jong Un In DMZ, Crossing Into DPRK

During a press briefing on Monday, President Trump spoke about his meeting with Kim Jong Un in 2019.

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00:00Mr. President, would you go back to the DMZ to meet with the North Korean leader?

00:04Say it.

00:05Would you go back to the DMZ to meet with the North Korean leader?

00:08I loved it.

00:09Remember when I walked across the line and everyone went crazy,

00:12especially Secret Service?

00:14I would say there was no one.

00:16And I looked into those windows.

00:18You know the windows, the glass,

00:19that you could only see if you look direct,

00:21because there was all sorts of stuff.

00:23But I looked in and I saw more rifles pointing at me than you could.

00:26There were a lot of rifles in that building.

00:28I mean, the Secret Service was not happy.

00:32You know the buildings I'm talking about?

00:34The two blue buildings on each side.

00:37And I walked up the middle and I looked in the window

00:39and I saw more guns in that room than I've ever seen in my life.

00:43I looked at the other side and it was the same thing.

00:47And yet I felt safe.

00:48I felt safe because I have a great relationship with Kim Jong-un.

00:52I hope it stays that way.

00:53I think it will.

00:54I have a very good relationship.

00:56I understand him.

00:57I spent a lot of free time with him,

00:59talking about things that we probably aren't supposed to talk about.

01:03And, you know, I just, I get along with him really well.

01:07I think he has a country of great potential,

01:10tremendous potential.