Trump: I Would Personally Negotiate With North Korea

GOP front-runner Donald Trump said that he would be willing to personally negotiate with the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, regarding the country’s nuclear weapons program.
Trump: I Would Personally Negotiate With North Korea
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during his rally at the Charleston Civic Center on May 5, 2016 in Charleston, West Virginia. Mark Lyons/Getty Images
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GOP front-runner Donald Trump said Tuesday, May 17, that he would be willing to personally negotiate with the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, regarding the country’s nuclear weapons program. 

“I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him,” Trump said of Kim, Reuters reports. 

Trump didn’t disclose a specific course of action, but said that pressuring China would play a major role in the matter. 

“I would put a lot of pressure on China because economically we have tremendous power over China,” Trump said. 

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