Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 12 that he might meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his planned visit to Asia next month.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the North Korean side of the border at the village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, on June 30, 2019. Susan Walsh/AP PhotoAsked by a reporter whether he expects to meet Kim during the trip, Trump said: "I may. That will be exciting, won't it? But I get along with him."
The president is expected to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China, scheduled for Nov. 18-19.
The Epoch Times reached out to the White House for further details but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
Trump said in August he planned to meet Kim later this year but gave no details.
"He has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons," Trump told reporters on Aug. 19. "We should have never have allowed it to happen. If I were president, I wouldn't have let it happen, but he's got them."
Trump met with Kim three times in 2018 and 2019 during his first term. Negotiations over Pyongyang's nuclear program collapsed in 2019 due to disagreements over North Korea's denuclearization efforts and the easing of U.S.-led
