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former advisor to the president donald trump It was speculated that there could be a surprise meeting between the President and the North Korean leader kim jong un jong u As Trump begins his Asian tour.
“Well, it’s…always expecting the unexpected with Donald Trump, right? And so there’s no meeting scheduled,” said Katie McFarland, Trump’s former deputy national security adviser. told newsmax Saturday.
“But President Trump had an outreach meeting with the North Korean president during his first term,” said McFarland, the former Fox News host.
“And it was very successful, because as a result of that meeting, the North Koreans stopped testing nuclear weapons. They stopped testing missiles.”
McFarland continued: “So he was really able to buy the good faith of the North Korean people as a result of that meeting.”
“Maybe President Trump is going to do it again,” he said.
The 79-year-old President arrived in Malaysia on Sunday to attend the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Observed a historic “peace agreement” between Cambodia and ThailandAbout which he said that this will save the lives of lakhs of people.
Five-day tour of Asia, including stops in Japan and south koreawill culminate in a much-anticipated meeting between Trump and the Chinese President Xi Jinping To try to reduce the ongoing trade war.
A one-off meeting between Trump and the North Korean leader could be more productive.
Before the trip, Trump indicated that he is ready to sit with Kim“If you want to make your point, I will do that. I’m ready to do that,” he told reporters on Air Force One.
“I had a very good relationship with him,” Trump said.
If the meeting had happened, it would have been the first time between the two. world leader Have met since 2019, when they met in the Korean border village of Panmunjom. The two leaders met three times during Trump’s first term as President.
Although there has been no official confirmation of a meeting between Trump and Kim, many have speculated that it was possible they could meet in the demilitarized zone, after South Korea’s Unification Minister Chung Dong Young told lawmakers this month.
The new moderate South Korean government has repeatedly urged Trump to take the lead in resuming talks with Kim.