00:01U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will be meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
00:08later this year.
00:10Trump also gave an unusually specific assessment of North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities, saying they possess 57 nuclear weapons.
00:19I get along with him. And you know what? The fact that I get along with him, that's a good
00:23thing, not a bad thing.
00:24He has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons. Should have never allowed it to happen.
00:31They should have never allowed it. If I were president, I wouldn't have allowed it. But he's got them.
00:34Trump gave no further details on the planned meeting with Kim, which would be their first since Trump's first term
00:41in the White House.
00:42The announcement comes days after Trump scaled back joint U.S.-South Korea military drills, which he said sent an inappropriate
00:51and hostile signal to Pyongyang.
00:54He also described North Korea as unthreatening and respectful during his presidency, though it has conducted a series of missile
01:04tests during that time.
Comments