North Korea's Kim plays down prospect of better U.S. ties under Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

96% : Trump 'would love to see his friend Kim Jong Un again'Trump says 'getting along' with North Korea is a 'good thing'North Korea brushes off any hope of better U.S. ties under TrumpSince his meetings with Trump, North Korea has ramped up its weapons testing and vowed to expand its nuclear arsenal.
68% : He met Kim three times, beginning in June 2018 in Singapore, then in Hanoi in February 2019, then at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea in June 2019, where Trump became the first U.S. president to set foot on North Korean territory.
59% : During his campaign in the U.S. presidential election Trump defended his relationship with North Korea saying that "getting along" with Kim was a "good thing," and suggested North Korea would not be "acting up" if he returned to the White House.
53% : Kim did not refer to Trump by name but said that given U.S. policy towards North Korea, its only option was to achieve the "most powerful military capabilities," North Korean state media reported on Friday.
39% : Trump sought to curb North Korea's nuclear program, while Kim aimed to ease sanctions and gain international prestige but the effort brought no tangible progress on denuclearization or any lasting improvement in relations.
34% : Trump spearheaded an unprecedented diplomatic push on North Korea during his first term as president in an effort to get it to abandon its nuclear and missile programs.
32% : Former Trump adviser Robert O'Brien told media in September that Trump might resume talks with North Korea if reelected but questioned whether Kim would commit to denuclearization.

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