President Trump said he plans to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, following a request from South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to the president to help bring about peace on the peninsula.

“Thanks to your efforts when you were in office during your first term, the situation on the Korean peninsula was stable. But, during the short — the hiatus where you were out of office, North Korea developed further its nuclear and missile capabilities and that lead to a deterioration on the situation of the Korean peninsula,” Lee said during his sit-down with Trump in the Oval Office.

Trump replied, “And they wouldn’t have done that, they would........

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