Posted on : Apr.4,2019 15:51 KST
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US President Donald Trump addresses the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) during their annual spring dinner in Washington, DC, on Apr. 2. (EPA/Yonhap News)
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US president addresses National Republican Congressional Committee at annual spring dinner
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US President Donald Trump addresses the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) during their annual spring dinner in Washington, DC, on Apr. 2. (EPA/Yonhap News)
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US President Donald Trump disclosed on Apr. 2 that he told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, at the end of February that Kim “wasn’t ready for a deal.”
Trump made the remarks in an address at the spring dinner of the National Republican Congressional Committee. “We had to walk,” Trump said.
“He wasn’t ready for a deal, but that’s okay, because we get along great.”
“I told him, you’re not ready for a deal. That’s the first time anybody has ever told him that and left. Never happened to him before.”
“We have a good relationship,” Trump said, repeating the phrase for good measure.
Trump also mentioned how he’d called Chinese President Xi Jinping the “king” of China during his state visit to Beijing in 2017.
“He said, ‘But I’m not king, I’m president.’ I said, ‘No, you’re president for life, and therefore, you’re king.’ [. . .] He liked that. [. . .] I get along with him great.”
By Hwang Joon-bum, Washington correspondent
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