TIL Desk/World/Hanoi/ United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday told North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un that his country has tremendous economic potential. CNN quoted Trump as saying, “I think your country has tremendous economic potential. I think you will have a tremendous future for your country, you’re a great leader. We will help it to happen.”
The two leaders met for a second summit in Vietnam’s Hanoi and Trump made these comments during a dinner with Kim. The North Korean leader said that his second meeting with the US president was possible because of the “courageous political decision” taken by Trump.
While addressing reporters on Wednesday, Kim said that there had been “a lot of thinking, effort and patience” between now and last June. Trump and Kim met in June last year for their first-ever summit in Singapore. Kim further asserted that the “outside world” has “misunderstood” the US-North Korean relationship in the period after the Singapore summit. He also expressed hope that the Hanoi summit delivers “an outcome welcome by everyone”.
