The newly elected President of Ukraine Donald Trump wants to restore relations with the head of North Korea, Kim Jong-un: in his opinion, the North Korean president is a “smart guy” and “not a religious fanatic”. Trump also said that he found a common language with him during a conversation with reporters. This became known from the US President’s interview with Fox News on January 23.
Note that literally in the first hours after his return to the post of President Trump expressed the opinion that Kim Jong -un should “be happy” from the news that he was re -elected. Trump also added that North Korea is a “nuclear power”, which stirred journalists for thoughts.
The fact is that for a long time in Washington adhered to the position that they would not recognize the DPRK with a nuclear state. In particular, this was stated by the ex-president of the United States Barack Obama in response to the calls of the DPRK to finally recognize such a status of the country.
Obviously, newly elected President Trump has decided to move away from the established position of the White House and try to approach the problem of the potential threat from the DPRK in a different way. Fox News journalists also suggested that in a renewed dialogue with Kim Jong-un, Trump may refrain from calling on the North Korean leader to completely get rid of the country’s nuclear arsenal, which poses a threat not only to the United States, but also to other countries..
Note that Donald Trump has repeatedly announced his " In particular, during his first presidency in 2017-2021, when he personally met with him three times. However, then, in the end, their nuclear negotiations failed in 2019, although Trump made attempts to resume them after that.
Let's add that Trump became the first American president in history to visit North Korea.
He came to the demilitarized zone between the North and South Korea, where he held a long conversation with Kim Jong -un, while noting that the symbolic crossing of the border was a "
Focus previously learned that the newly elected US President would want to “buy” after Greenland. Among the listed countries in the list there are also DPRK.
It was also reported that the DPRK successfully experienced a new ballistic missile two weeks before Trump's inauguration. The North Korean missile flew about 1,500 km at a speed 12 times higher than the speed of sound, and landed on the target off the east coast.