North Korean Official Arrives At White House For Meeting With Trump

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly (C) escortse North Korean Kim Yong Chol (L) to the White House on June 1, 2018 in Washington,DC. - US President Donald Trump is to receive a letter from his North Korean counterp... White House Chief of Staff John Kelly (C) escortse North Korean Kim Yong Chol (L) to the White House on June 1, 2018 in Washington,DC. - US President Donald Trump is to receive a letter from his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un on Friday, a much-anticipated moment as preparations for a historic nuclear summit gain pace. Kim's right-hand man, Kim Yong Chol, traveled to Washington a day after talks in New York with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo making what the US diplomat called "real progress" towards holding the planned June 12 summit. (Photo by Saul LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

An aide to Kim Jong Un has arrived at the White House, becoming the highest-ranking North Korean official to visit in 18 years.

Kim Yong Chol was greeted Friday by White House chief of staff John Kelly, who brought him inside the White House to meet President Donald Trump.

Kim is expected to present a letter from Kim Jong Un (kim jawng oon), the North Korean dictator, to Trump.

The letter comes as the two countries work to revive a Trump-Kim summit on June 12 in Singapore.

Kim Yong Chol is the most senior North Korean visitor to the United States since Vice Marshal Jo Myong Rok visited Washington in 2000 to meet President Bill Clinton.

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  1. Are there any witnesses present or are we gonna have to hear from the Russians over what really happened in this meeting?

    If this goes like tRump’s well thought out trade war, we are totally screwed.

    Foreign policy based on the Man-baby’s personal sentiment, whim and how well he woke up this morning…What could possibly go wrong?

  2. This is unusual. Trump usually reserves Oval Office meetings to occur with his Russian handlers, not others.

  3. All of this going on during “Infrastructure Week?”

  4. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Kim is expected to present a letter from Kim Jong Un (kim jawng oon), the North Korean dictator, to Trump.

    Thank you, AP, but I already knew his name and how to say it…so I have to assume that was for Trump’s benefit.

    And has John Kelly been demoted to high-priced doorman or is this protocol?

  5. North Korean official noted that a lobotomy does not always treat mental illness.

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