Trump says he wants to meet with Kim Jong-un as South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung visits US

Published on August 25, 2025 at 08:08 PM
Trump says he wants to meet with Kim Jong-un as South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung visits US

Lee encourages Trump to engage with North Korean leader as Trump says he’s open to trade talks with South Korea

Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and that he was open to further trade talks with South Korea even as he lobbed new criticisms at the visiting Asian ally.

South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae Myung, arrived for talks just after the US president criticized the South Korean government, apparently over its handling of investigations related to his conservative predecessor’s December attempt to impose martial law.

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