Donald Trump said on Saturday a meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un could happen over the next three to four weeks as he took credit for "everything" to do with the peace talks in the region.
D onald Trump said on Saturday a meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un could happen over the next three to four weeks as he took credit for «everything» to do with the peace talks in the region.
The President made the comments in a campaign style rally in Michigan, during which he stepped up his trade attacks on the European Union and renewed criticism of the new American embassy’s «horrible location» in London.
Discussing the recent Korean summit and the fast-moving diplomacy taking place in the region, Mr Trump compared the optimistic mood to the rhetoric a few months ago.
«Do you remember what they were saying? ‘He’s going to get us into nuclear war’,» Mr Trump recalled, referring to a fiery war-of-words between himself and Kim that preceded a diplomatic breakthrough.
He added: «No, strength is going to keep us out of nuclear war, not going to get us in!»
The US president added he was cautiously optimistic over the outcome.
«I think we will have a meeting over the next three or four weeks that will be a very important meeting… but we’ll see how it goes.
«And again, whatever happens, happens. Look, I may go in. It may not work out. I leave,» he continued, adding he would avoid the mistakes of the Obama administration which arrived at a denuclearisation deal with Iran.
«We’re going to have hopefully a very successful negotiation over the next three or four weeks. And we’ll be doing the world a big favour. We’ll be doing the world a big favour.»
T he US president also took credit for the inter-Korean meeting on Friday, at which Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed on a commitment to sign a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War by the end of the year and to achieve the complete denuclearisation of the peninsula.
