Donald Trump says he plans to reach out to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

Following his return to the White House, US President Donald Trump announced that he would be reaching out to Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea.

During a Thursday interview, Trump was asked about his plans for Kim and whether he would “reach out.”

“I will, yeah. He liked me”, Trump said.

During the president’s first term in office, which pitted two countries at odds with one another since the Korean War, Trump and Kim had an unusually positive relationship. Trump has previously described their relationship as being “very, very good” and called Kim a “smart guy” in the media.

Trump met with Kim on three separate occasions between 2018 and 2019 during his first term in office.

He became the first US president to visit North Korea since the Korean War was officially ended with the 1953 armistice in 2019.

Following his re-election in November, Trump’s team said they were weighing reopening “direct talks” with Kim.

Trump has previously been at odds with South Korea, a US ally, and possibly even members of his own cabinet as he enters his second term in office due to his close relationship with Kim, though.