Donald Trump says he ‘doesn’t have to prepare very much’ for Kim Jong-un meeting because ‘it’s about attitude’
Trump made the remarks while meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ahead of next week’s Singapore summit with the North Korean leader
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is not worried about preparing for next week’s meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore.
“I think I’m very well prepared,” he said, “I don’t think I have to prepare very much. It’s about attitude. It’s about willingness to get things done.”
He added: “I think I’ve been prepared for this summit for a long time, as has the other side. I think they’ve been preparing for a long time also. So this isn’t a question of preparation, it’s a question of whether or not people want it to happen.”
“They have to denuke,” Trump said of North Korea. “We cannot take sanctions off.”
Asked how many days the summit would last, Trump responded, “One, two, three, depending on what happens.”
Trump, who was hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Oval Office for consultations before the Singapore summit, described the Kim meeting as “much more than a photo-op”. Abe had requested Thursday’s meeting with Trump to elevate his country’s concerns about the summit.
The US president predicted that he’ll know very quickly whether Kim is serious about dealing with US demands.