Trump Open To Meeting Kim Jong Un, Says South Korea’s New President
President Donald Trump signaled that he is willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to remarks he made during a summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House on Monday. The two leaders discussed prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula and Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program. Lee, who took office in June after the impeachment of his predecessor, urged Trump to play a central role in restarting dialogue between the two Koreas. “I think you are the first president to have so much interest in the world’s peace issues and actually made achievements,” Lee told Trump. “So, I hope you would make peace on the Korean Peninsula … and meet with Kim Jong Un.” Lee added that he would “actively support” Trump if he wanted to “play the peacemaker,” stressing that the U.S. president was “the only person who can actually solve” tensions