Abrar Hussain
US President Donald Trump took his enthusiasm for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to new heights on Saturday, going as far as saying “we fell in love” after exchanging letters to supporters at a rally.
Both Trump and Kim have said they want to work toward denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, after an unprecedented meeting earlier this year in Singapore where the idea was first proposed.
Before the historic meeting, the leaders regularly traded threats and insults as North Korea pushed to develop a nuclear missile capable of hitting the US.
“I was really being tough – and so was he. And we would go back and forth,” Trump told a rally in West Virginia.
“And then we fell in love, okay? No, really – he wrote me beautiful letters, and they’re great letters,” he said.
His supporters laughed and applauded, while Trump himself noted that commentators would cast him as “unpresidential” for praising Kim in such a glowing fashion.
The Trump administration is preparing for a second summit with Kim to talk about denuclearization. The time and location have not yet been announced.
-Source: Reuters