The US president expressed confidence that he would be capable of work on “getting issues straightened out” sooner or later
US President Donald Trump departs from a welcome ceremony with President Lee Jae Myung forward of their summit on the Gyeongju Nationwide Museum on Oct. 29, 2025. (Kim Tae-hyeong/Hankyoreh)
US President Donald Trump stated Wednesday that he had not been capable of organize a gathering with North Korean chief Kim Jong-un however expressed confidence that issues would work out ultimately.
“I do know Kim Jong-un very properly. We get alongside very properly. We actually weren’t capable of work out timing,” Trump stated in his opening remarks at an expanded summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at Gyeongju Nationwide Museum on Wednesday.
“We’ll produce other visits, and we’ll work very exhausting with Kim Jong-un and with all people on getting issues straightened out,” Trump added.
Noting that the 2 Koreas are “formally at warfare,” Trump described the state of affairs as a “lingering cloud that’s over your head.”
“We’ll see what we will do to get that every one straightened out,” Trump stated, including that he would “be engaged on this very exhausting with you, together with your workforce, with lots of different individuals.”
Trump additionally talked about his expertise with settling different worldwide conflicts.
Observing that there are “so many issues” on the earth, Trump stated, “There have been international locations that no one knew that they had been even preventing, and but they had been killing hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of individuals. And we acquired them, aside from [. . .] Russia-Ukraine.”
Trump stated that “it could take some time” to resolve the North Korean difficulty, however he feels “completely sure” that it’s going to work out ultimately.
Trump additionally spoke about financial cooperation between Korea and the US.
“You’re working with us now on shipbuilding since you’ve develop into a grasp of shipbuilding,” Trump stated. “We’re going to make ships collectively in the US. We’re going to start out up shipbuilding, and we’ll be proper on the prime.”
Trump additionally voiced his expectations in regards to the APEC summit.
“We’ve got President Xi coming tomorrow. That was one thing that clearly is essential to the world, to all of us,” the American president stated.
“We’re assembly proper right here,” Trump stated. “I believe it’s going to work out very properly for everyone. And I look ahead to seeing him, and that was our focus actually for this go to.”
Trump wrapped up his feedback by saying, “It’s a particular bond that we’ve had. We’ve had it for a very long time, however you’ve by no means had it as sturdy as you’ve had it with me.”
“You’re going to be an important president. You already are,” Trump stated, referring to Lee. “And if we will do that collectively, then you definately’ll go down as the best of all of them.”
By Kim Received-chul, Washington correspondent
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