Asked if he's spoken with the North Korean leader, Mr. Trump said, "I don't want to comment on it. I'm not saying I have or haven't. I just don't want to comment"
Just days after he boasted about the size of his “nuclear button” in response to North Korea’s leader, President Trump said Thursday that he has a “very good relationship” with Kim Jong Un.
“I probably have a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, ” Mr. Trump said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “I have relationships with people. I think you people are surprised.”
But when asked if he’s spoken with Kim, Mr. Trump said, “I don’t want to comment on it. I’m not saying I have or haven’t. I just don’t want to comment.”
On Wednesday, the president said he’s willing to consider diplomatic talks with North Korea. According to a readout of a call with South Korea President Moon Jae-In, “President Trump expressed his openness to holding talks between the United States and North Korea at the appropriate time, under the right circumstances.”
Mr. Trump called Kim “short and fat” on Twitter in November and has previously called him “rocket man” and a “bad dude” and a “maniac.”
Just last week, the president bragged about the size of his “nuclear button” and how it’s “much bigger & more powerful” than North Korea’s. “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.
