President Donald Trump on Monday said that he is open to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un under the right circumstances.
“If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be honored to do it,” he told Bloomberg News. “If it’s under the, again, under the right circumstances. But I would do that.”
Trump acknowledged that “political people would never say that.”
“But I’m telling you under the right circumstances I would meet with him. We have breaking news,” he told Bloomberg.
The President has warned that “major conflict” with North Korea is possible as the country continues to build its nuclear weapons program.
“There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea. Absolutely,” he told Reuters last week. “We’d love to solve things diplomatically but it’s very difficult.”
