WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump would "certainly be open" to meeting with North Korean chief Kim Jong-Un, he said in an interview broadcast nowadays as he started a longer Asian excursion.
Asked by way of journalist Sharyl Attkisson, host of the "Full Measure" TV display, whether he would ever consider sitting down with "the dictator," Trump said he used to be keeping conferences with numerous Asian leaders.
"I would sit down with anybody," he said. "I don't think it's power or weak spot, I feel sitting down with people is not a nasty thing.
"So I would undoubtedly be open to doing that however we'll see the place it goes, I feel we are a ways too early."
Trump's conciliatory-sounding remark got here after months of fiery rhetorical exchanges between the 2 leaders, caused by way of a sequence of internationally condemned nuclear and missile assessments by way of the North.
The North has denounced Trump as a "mentally deranged US dotard," or senile old man, and the country's ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun referred to him today as "instable."
Trump, for his phase, has mocked Kim as "Little Rocket Man" and has vowed to rain "fireplace and fury" down at the North if it threatens america or its allies.
Trump's newest remark appeared to be one thing of a reversal from a Twitter message he sent just over a month in the past, through which he said that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used to be "wasting his time" looking to negotiate with the North Korean chief.
The war of words has been deeply unsettling for US allies within the area, together with Japan, the place Trump met nowadays with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and South Korea, the place he's to satisfy Tuesday with President Moon Jae-In.
Trump then travels to China on Wednesday, Vietnam on Friday and the Philippines on Sunday.
The interview used to be broadcast as a letter by way of america Defense Department emerged that said the one method to locate and safe all of North Korea's nuclear guns sites would be via floor invasion.
A spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed to AFP that Rear Admiral Michael Dumont sent a letter to several members of Congress in line with a request for details about the plan for military action in opposition to North Korea.
Ted Lieu, a Democratic member of Congress whom the letter used to be addressed to, posted a duplicate of the two-page correspondence on his site.
"The most effective method to 'locate and spoil - with complete sure bet - all components of North Korea's nuclear guns programs' is thru a floor invasion" it said.
It added "a labeled briefing is the most efficient venue for a detailed discussion" of the sort of plan.
Asked by way of journalist Sharyl Attkisson, host of the "Full Measure" TV display, whether he would ever consider sitting down with "the dictator," Trump said he used to be keeping conferences with numerous Asian leaders.
"I would sit down with anybody," he said. "I don't think it's power or weak spot, I feel sitting down with people is not a nasty thing.
"So I would undoubtedly be open to doing that however we'll see the place it goes, I feel we are a ways too early."
Trump's conciliatory-sounding remark got here after months of fiery rhetorical exchanges between the 2 leaders, caused by way of a sequence of internationally condemned nuclear and missile assessments by way of the North.
The North has denounced Trump as a "mentally deranged US dotard," or senile old man, and the country's ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun referred to him today as "instable."
Trump, for his phase, has mocked Kim as "Little Rocket Man" and has vowed to rain "fireplace and fury" down at the North if it threatens america or its allies.
Trump's newest remark appeared to be one thing of a reversal from a Twitter message he sent just over a month in the past, through which he said that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used to be "wasting his time" looking to negotiate with the North Korean chief.
The war of words has been deeply unsettling for US allies within the area, together with Japan, the place Trump met nowadays with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and South Korea, the place he's to satisfy Tuesday with President Moon Jae-In.
Trump then travels to China on Wednesday, Vietnam on Friday and the Philippines on Sunday.
The interview used to be broadcast as a letter by way of america Defense Department emerged that said the one method to locate and safe all of North Korea's nuclear guns sites would be via floor invasion.
A spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed to AFP that Rear Admiral Michael Dumont sent a letter to several members of Congress in line with a request for details about the plan for military action in opposition to North Korea.
Ted Lieu, a Democratic member of Congress whom the letter used to be addressed to, posted a duplicate of the two-page correspondence on his site.
"The most effective method to 'locate and spoil - with complete sure bet - all components of North Korea's nuclear guns programs' is thru a floor invasion" it said.
It added "a labeled briefing is the most efficient venue for a detailed discussion" of the sort of plan.
Trump says he's 'open' to meeting with NKorea's Kim
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