Overnight, Donald Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the DMZ separating North and South Korea where they shook hands and exchanged some verbal back rubs before the American President stepped into the DPRK for the first time in history.
The meeting itself took place after Trump extended the invitation 36 hours prior while attending the G20 Summit in Japan.
Trump told reporters that the two sides would set up negotiating teams to continue their back and forth over nuclear weapons in the region but that sanctions would remain in place.
Kim praised Trump’s “very courageous and determined act,” Los Angeles Times reporter Eli Stokols tweeted and Trump told Kim: “A lot of progress has been made, a lot of friendships have been made. And this has been, in particular, a great friendship. So I just want to thank you. That was very quick notice, and I want to thank you.”
