President Trump said Monday repeatedly praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and said he wanted to meet with him during a summit with South Korea's president at the White House. Why it matters: Longstanding U.

President Donald Trump is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he told his South Korean counterpart on Monday when they discussed peace in the Korean Peninsula and Pyongyang’s nuclear weapon capabilities.

US President Donald Trump on Monday touted his "very good relationship" with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Before receiving South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House, Trump said he knows Kim "better than anybody,