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Trump agrees to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

• https://nypost.com/2018/03/08/north-korean-leader-

President Trump has agreed to sit down with his North Korean nemesis Kim Jong Un sometime in the next two months to discuss stripping the hermit nation of its nuclear arsenal, it was announced Thursday.

The historic meeting was brokered by the South Korean government, which delivered the invitation to the White House and divulged the details outside the West Wing.

"He expressed his eagerness to meet President Trump as soon as possible," South Korean national security director Chung Eui-yong said of Kim.

"President Trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet Kim Jong Un by May to achieve permanent denuclearization."

According to Chung, the North also agreed to suspend nuclear and missile tests during such future talks — a longstanding US demand.

The White House said the meeting will be held "at a place and time to be determined."

Trump celebrated the news in a tweet Thursday night.

"Kim Jong Un talked about denuclearization with the South Korean Representatives, not just a freeze," he wrote.

"Also, no missile testing by North Korea during this period of time. Great progress being made but sanctions will remain until an agreement is reached. Meeting being planned!"

The relationship between the two world leaders has been downright nasty at times — with Trump repeatedly calling Kim "Little Rocket Man" and Kim dubbing the president a "mentally deranged US dotard."

After Kim made threats against the US in a New Year's address and mentioned the "nuclear button" on his office desk, Trump responded by tweeting that he has a nuclear button, too, "but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!"


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