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Agence France-Presse

US President Donald Trump on Friday underlined his intense personal support for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, even if he admitted that Pyongyang’s recent missile tests “may” violate a UN resolution.
“There may be a United Nations violation, but Chairman Kim does not want to disappoint me with a violation of trust, there is far too much for North Korea to gain,” Trump said in a series of tweets on the subject.
“Chariman Kim has a great and beautiful vision for his country, and only the United States, with me as President, can make that vision come true,” Trump added, misspelling the North Korean dictator’s official title.
North Korea is barred from ballistic missile tests under UN resolutions, and its recent repeated testing of short-range missiles have been condemned by European members of the UN Security Council.




Trump, however, has dismissed the tests as “standard.”
The US president has invested a huge amount of political capital in his attempt to persuade Kim to end his country’s isolation and give up its nuclear arsenal.
However, despite three massively publicised face-to-face meetings and numerous exchanges of letters, Trump has modest gains to show for his diplomacy.
In Trump’s latest tweets, he has again suggested that his personal touch will be enough to persuade Kim to reverse the regime’s years-long push for military nuclear power.
“He will do the right thing because he is far too smart not to, and he does not want to disappoint his friend, President Trump!” the US president said.


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TOPSHOT - A woman walks past a television news screen showing file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watching a missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on July 31, 2019. - Pyongyang fired two ballistic missiles on July 31, Seoul said, days after a similar launch that the nuclear-armed North described as a warning to the South over planned joint military drills with the United States. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

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This screen grab image taken from North Korean broadcaster KCTV on August 1, 2019 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) supervising the launch of a ballistic missile at an unknown location in North Korea early on July 31. - Kim "guided a test-fire of newly-developed large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system on July 31," state-run KCNA said. (Photo by Handout / KCTV / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / KCTV" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

People watch a television news screen showing an image of North Korea's test-fire of a new multiple rocket launcher, at a railway station in Seoul on August 1, 2019. - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test firing of a new multiple rocket launcher on July 31, state media said on August 1. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

This screen grab image taken from North Korean broadcaster KCTV on August 1, 2019 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watching the launch of a ballistic missile at an unknown location in North Korea early on July 31. - Kim "guided a test-fire of newly-developed large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system on July 31," state-run KCNA said. (Photo by Handout / KCTV / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / KCTV" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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Kim has a great and beautiful vision for his country, and only the US can make that vision come true, the president tweeted
He has invested a huge amount of political capital in his attempt to persuade Kim to give up his nuclear arsenal



Kim has a great and beautiful vision for his country, and only the US can make that vision come true, the president tweeted.
