‘I do trust him’: Trump says he has faith in Kim but needed to yell about fire and fury in order to make a summit happen
The president said he trusts Kim Jong-Un and that trust is returned
Trump: ‘I think he trusts me, and I trust him’
The president expressed confidence Kim would stick to the deal and noted ‘his country does love him’
Trump also said his tough talk on North Korea made the meeting happen
Trump: ‘Without the rhetoric we wouldn’t have been here’
He didn’t get into specifics of the deal but said it was a good one: ‘This has been a very big day in terms of the world’
Trump: ‘I’m given what I’m given. This is what we have, this is where we are, and I can only tell you from my experience’
By EMILY GOODIN, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER
DAILYMAIL.COM
12 June 2018
President Donald Trump says he trusts North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un to keep to their agreement and denuclearize his country.
The president touted the personal relationship between the two – who met for the first time in person Tuesday – and his ability to quickly take the measure of the man.
‘I do trust him, yeah,’ Trump told ABC News. ‘Maybe in a year you’ll be interviewing and I’ll say I made a mistake. It’s possible. We’re dealing at a high level, a lot of things can change a lot of things are possible.’
‘He trusts me, I believe, I really do,’ he said. ‘He said no other president could have done this. I think he trusts me, and I trust him.’
The president, who enjoys making deals, said that history of negotiations helped him get a read on Kim.
‘You know, over my lifetime I’ve done a lot of deals with a lot of people, and sometimes the people that you most distrust turn out to be the most honorable ones, and the people that you do trust they are not the honorable ones, so we are starting from a very high plane, we’re starting from a very good relationship. This has been a very big day in terms of the world,’ he said.
Trump went on to explain that he feels Kim wants to do a good job for his country.
‘I’m given what I’m given,’ Trump said. ‘This is what we have, this is where we are, and I can only tell you from my experience, and I’ve met him, I’ve spoken with him. I’ve met him. And this is, this has started early and it’s been very intense. I think that he really wants to do a great job for North Korea. I think he wants to de-nuke, without that, there’s nothing to discuss. It was on the table from the beginning, and you see a total denuclearization of North Korea – so important.’
And, he argued, Kim gets a lot out of the bargain struck between the two.
‘He’s going to be happy. His country does love him. His people, you see the fervor. They have a great fervor.’
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