Trump: Being friends with North Korea’s Kim is possible
12 November 2017 |
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday it was possible he could be friends with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un one day and that it would be "very, very nice" but he was not sure that it would happen.
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