Trump Takes Swipe At Obama As He Touts His 'Great Relationship' With North Korea's Kim Jong Un

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During a press briefing on Thursday, President Trump was asked about his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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00:00On the Democrats. One more?

00:02On Korea, sir, we've seen tension increasing in the peninsula.

00:06You've talked about Kim Jong-un.

00:08Do you have any plans of getting, of re-establishing the relationship you had during the first mandate?

00:13Well, I would. I had a great relationship with Kim Jong-un, North Korea.

00:17If I wasn't elected, if Hillary got in, you would have had a nuclear war with North Korea.

00:22He expected it. He expected it.

00:25And they said, oh, thousands of people, no, millions of people would have been killed.

00:29But I got in. We went to Singapore. We met. We went to Vietnam. We met.

00:36We got along really good. We had a very good relationship.

00:39And we still do. We still do.

00:43You don't have that threat that you had.

00:45I mean, look, when I was running the first time, it looked like there was going to be a war with North Korea.

00:49You know that better than anyone.

00:50Tensions were high.

00:51Yeah. And everybody was startled that you invited him for talks.

00:57Right.

00:58It started off very rough.

01:00And he wouldn't meet with Obama, wouldn't take his calls.

01:03I said, how many times did you call?

01:05They called a lot. He wouldn't take that call.

01:07He told me I wouldn't take his call.

01:09But with me, it did start off rough, if you remember.

01:12Very rough, actually. Very nasty.

01:14There was a Singaporean visit.

01:15Yeah. But then, no, before that, then it stopped.

01:20The rhetoric was extremely tough.

01:23It was.

01:24You had a speech at the U.N., you remember.

01:26Yeah, that's right. It was a little bit dangerous.

01:28And then we met.

01:30They asked for a meeting, and then we met.

01:33And the meeting caused the Olympics, which was South Korea, to become a tremendous success.

01:37Nobody was buying tickets for the Olympics because they didn't want to be nuked.

01:42And I met.

01:44And not only did the Olympics become successful, but North Korea participated in the Olympics.

01:49It's just a visit.

01:50It was an amazing thing.

01:52And that was something that was an achievement of the Trump administration.

01:56Great achievement.

01:57And so I have a great relationship with Kim Jong-un.

02:01And we'll see what happens.

02:03But certainly, he's a nuclear power.

02:05Okay?

02:06Thank you very much, everybody.

Trump Takes Swipe At Obama As He Touts His 'Great Relationship' With North Korea's Kim Jong Un

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