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President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shared a historic handshake as they met for the first time.
The two clasped hands for a long while Tuesday as they posed for photos in front of a row of U.S. and North Korean flags. Trump then directed Kim to walk down a hallway, where they briefly spoke.
It’s the first ever meeting between a sitting U.S. president and North Korean leader.
Trump and Kim arrived not long ago on Singapore’s Sentosa Island, the site of their unprecedented summit. It’s aimed at settling a standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal.
The two will huddle alone for roughly 45 minutes before being joined by aides for a larger meeting and working lunch.
Trump has said he’ll know within minutes whether a deal can be made.
(UPDATE: 9:12PM ET)
President Donald Trump is predicting that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will have “a terrific relationship” as they meet face to face for the first time.
Trump said Tuesday after meeting Kim that he’s feeling “really great.” He says, “We’re going to have a great discussion and a terrific relationship.”
Kim says through an interpreter that it “was not easy to get here” and that there “were obstacles but we overcame them to be here.”
The two men are expected to meet on their own for the better part of an hour, with only a pair of interpreters in the room.
That decision has raised concerns about the risk of holding such a monumental meeting with barely anyone to bear witness.
(AP)
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Trump “its my honor” to meet Kim. In other words it is Trumps honor to meet a man who murders his own people, has killed members of his own family and tortured tens of thousands of people in his concentration camps. Pathetic and revolting.
Mr President
Has managed the almost impossible give him a break
Maybe you should thank him for putting off the inevitable WW3
Now we might not be here to suffer the nuclear fallout
The world owes him big time