Trump Open to Unconditional Talks With North Korea’s Kim, Says White House

This week, the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the future of relations with the United States ‘depends entirely on the attitude of the U.S. side.’

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the North Korean side of the border at the village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, on June 30, 2019. Susan Walsh/AP

U.S. President Donald Trump remains willing to engage in talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without preconditions, a White House official said on Feb. 27, after Pyongyang indicated relations with Washington could improve if U.S. policy shifts.

In a Feb. 27 emailed statement to The Epoch Times, a White House official said: “President Trump in his first term held three historic summits with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un that stabilized the Korean Peninsula. U.S. policy on North Korea has not changed. President Trump remains open to talking with Kim Jong Un, without any preconditions.”