Kim Jong Un

Trump Holds Off on Criticizing Kim Jong Un: ‘I Think He’s a Man of His Word’

Speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago on New Year’s Eve, President Trump refrained from directly criticizing Kim Jong Un but pointed out that the North Korean dictator did sign a document at their June...

NSA O’Brien on North Korea: ‘We Have a Lot of Tools in Our Toolkit’

National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said Sunday the U.S. was “closely” monitoring developments in North Korea and was concerned about the situation, but also had “a lot of tools in our toolkit”...

Trump on Kim Jong Un’s Threatened ‘Christmas Gift’: Maybe ‘a Beautiful Vase’

President Trump on Christmas Eve played down concerns that Kim Jong Un may test-fire a long-range ballistic missile for the first time in two years, suggesting that the presumed warning may have been misinterpreted....

Trump: ‘I’d Be Disappointed’ if Kim Plans New Provocations – But If So, ‘We’ll Take Care of It’

President Trump said Monday he was closely watching North Korea and would be “disappointed” if the regime was planning new provocations as Kim Jong Un’s year-end ultimatum nears – adding that if...

Trump: Kim ‘Definitely Likes Sending Rockets Up … That’s Why I Call Him Rocket Man’

President Trump has upset North Korea by dusting off a nickname for Kim Jong Un – “rocket man” – that he first used in a U.N. speech in 2017. Trump used the term again while in London for a recent...

Trump: Bolton ‘Set Back’ North Korea Diplomacy by Bringing Up Libya

President Trump said Wednesday his now-departed National Security Advisor John Bolton had “set back” his North Korean outreach efforts when he suggested that a nuclear deal with Pyongyang follow the...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar on NKorea: ‘Toughness Is Just Not Saying Things by Tweet,’ It’s Results

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) told CNN’s “State of the Union with Jake Tapper” on Sunday that she doesn’t have a problem with President Donald Trump meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,...

Former DNI James Clapper: ‘I Can Recall No Instance’ Where Obama Wanted to Meet NKorean Leader

Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union with Jake Tapper” on Sunday, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who served during the Obama administration, disputed President Donald Trump’s...

Trump Meets With Kim Jong Un, Steps Into North Korea

President Trump on Sunday became the first sitting U.S. president to step foot on North Korean soil, then held talks with Kim Jong Un along the demarcation line that has divided the peninsula for more...

Pompeo Agreed it Was Appropriate to Describe Kim Jong Un as ‘a Tyrant’

Testifying before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on April 9, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was asked by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) whether his description of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro as a “tyrant”...

Brennan, Matthews Rage at Judge; Accuse Trump of ‘Joining the Other Side’ to Betray America

Kim Jong Un Says If He Wasn’t Willing to Denuclearize, He Would Not ‘Be Here Right Now’

Kim Jong Un, fielding questions from Western journalists for likely the first time ever, said Thursday that were he not ready to denuclearize he would not be in Hanoi for a second summit with President...

Kim Jong Un: Some ‘Misunderstandings’ and ‘Hostility’ Since First Summit, But ‘We Have Been Able to Overcome All Those Obstacles’

Meeting with President Trump in Hanoi on Wednesday, Kim Jong Un said the 261 days that have passed since their first summit in Singapore have witnessed many “misunderstandings” and some lingering “hostility”...

Trump Says He and Kim Jong Un ‘Fell in Love’

Addressing a campaign rally in West Virginia on Saturday night, President Trump revisited a familiar theme – the dramatic easing of tensions between Washington and Pyongyang over the past year – and...

Pompeo Cites US-Vietnam Ties In Message to Kim Jong Un: ‘The Miracle Could Be Yours’

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Sunday used a visit to Vietnam to highlight the revolutionized relationship with a former foe and to reiterate that Kim Jong Un could guide his impoverished country to a...