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President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un sign documents as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) and Kim's sister Kim Yo Jong (L) look on at a signing ceremony during their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a joint statement on Tuesday. The historic document is the first bilateral agreement between an American president and a North Korean leader.
Trump has stated that he would ultimately seek to strike a deal with North Korea that would be approved by Congress. An agreement between the United States and a foreign nation becomes a treaty once a supermajority in the Senate votes to confirm it.
