Trump Says He Wants to Meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un This Year

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in 2019.Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump said he would like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year as South Korea floated the idea of constructing a Trump Tower in the reclusive country if diplomatic relations improve.

“I will say that Kim Jong Un and I had a very good relationship, as you remember, and still do,” Trump said, speaking alongside South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office on Monday. “We can do big progress, I think, with North Korea. Absolutely.”