Trump Meeting North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Next Month

WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump says a "highly anticipated" meeting between himself and Kim Jong Un will take place in Singapore on June 12.

He tweeted: "We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!"

The news comes shortly after three Americans who were detained in the rogue nation for more than a year arrived in the U.S.with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Trump thanked Kim Jon Un for releasing the Americans and said he believes Kim wants to come to a deal on denuclearization at the upcoming summit.

“I really think he wants to do something,” the president said.

This would be the first face-to-face meeting between a sitting American president and Kim.

The Trump administration believes North Korea has taken steps that "indicate this may be an opportunity for a breakthrough” regarding relations with America, Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday.

“In this moment the regime in North Korea has been dealing, as far as we can see, in good faith,” he told NBC News.

During his visit, Pompeo talked about a potential Trump-Kim meeting with Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the central committee of North Korea's ruling party. He said the longtime adversaries still face numerous hurdles.

The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and myself will take place in Singapore on June 12th. We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 10, 2018

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