Donald Trump hails Kim Jong-un as a ‘great leader’ with a ‘tremendous future’ as they share white-knuckle handshake at second summit

DONALD Trump today hailed Kim Jong-un a “great leader” as they shared a white-knuckle handshake at the start of their second nuclear arms summit. The US President earlier left Hanoi’s JW Marriott Hotel flanked by bodyguards and aides for the much-heralded talks with his “friend”. Trump told reporters he and Kim had a “great relationship” adding he thinks the summit will be “very successful” possibly “even greater” than their first meeting last year. “I think that your country has tremendous economic potential,” the US President told the North Korean leader. “And I think that you will have a tremendous future with your country, a great leader, and I look forward to watching it happen, and helping it to happen, and we will help it to happen.” This is despite Kim Jong-un having murdered scores of political rivals in order to cement his power. Following Trump’s comments, Kim said “a lot of obstacles” had to be overcome for the summit to take place but he is “confident there will be a good result”. He went on to say the past few months had required a lot of patience and effort and described the summit as a “courageous decision” by Trump. “Now… Read full this story

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