Donald Trump told reporters Friday that if he wins the forthcoming presidential election, the United States would subsequently move to make a deal “very quickly” with North Korea.
His remarks come amid an ongoing impasse in DPRK-U.S. negotiations and after Trump’s early July interest in participating in another summit with Kim Jong Un.
“I’ll make a statement: If and when we win, we will make deals with Iran very quickly, we will make deals with North Korea very quickly,” Trump said Friday at a news conference from his resort in Bedminster, New
Donald Trump told reporters Friday that if he wins the forthcoming presidential election, the United States would subsequently move to make a deal "very quickly" with North Korea.
His remarks come amid an ongoing impasse in DPRK-U.S. negotiations and after Trump's early July interest in participating in another summit with Kim Jong Un.
Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.