Trump Says Kim Jong Un Responded to His Overtures
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- Trump said from the Oval Office on Monday that Kim Jong Un had responded to his overtures, answering "He has" when asked why Kim had not done so.
- Trump ordered the United States to scale back military exercises with South Korea, a policy shift that preceded his claim of outreach from Kim.
- Trump characterized his relationship with Kim as built on mutual respect, noting they met on "two primary occasions" and that Kim has "always treated me with great respect."
- The Trump-Kim channel was a dominant theme of Trump's first term, including a series of letters between the two leaders, but has received less emphasis in his second term.
Why it matters: Trump tied Kim's alleged response to his order to scale back US-South Korea military exercises, the same goodwill gesture that preceded his first-term summits. The claim is unverified beyond Trump's own word, with no detail on what Kim communicated. South Korea and Japan, both directly affected by the exercises pullback, have no public confirmation to work from.
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