Some of this is paraphrased and there are ommissions but it’s accurate to the best of my ability.
Look. We have a gentleman nobody’s ever heard of, Sean Hannity. What are you doing here Sean Hannity? Shall we let him ask a question? I dunno.
In time. At a certain point. We know the country (NK) well. Believe it or not. We know every inch of that country. We have to get what we have to get. That’s a big give.
Reporter: Mr President – elaborate more. Reagan walked away and it worked out well for the US. Was it your decision to walk away? What do you want to say if Kim’s listening to this?
It wasn’t my decision to walk away. I want to keep the relationship. We’ll see what happens over the next period of time. […] We got hostages back. Kim promised me last night, no more testing. Kim’s not going to test rockets and nuclear. I trust him. I take him at his word.
Reporter Johnathan asks about the drama back in DC. Cohen called you a liar, conman, a racist. What’s your response?
DT: it’s incorrect and very interesting. I wasn’t able to watch too much. I’ve been busy. Having a ‘fake’ hearing like that -having it in the middle of this important summit is a terrible thing. He lied a lot. But he didn’t lie about one thing – no Russian collusion. I was impressed he said ‘no collusion’. This witch hunt is so bad for our country. I call it the Russian witchhunt. Now I add the word hoax. I was impressed that he saw no collusion…
Reporter: What was the atmosphere like when you walked away? > There’s a warmth that we have (DT and Kim). We shook hands. This should have been solved. Past administrations did nothing. The relationship was warm when we walked away.
We like each other. Good relationship, we have a lot in common.
You always have to be prepared to walk. I could have signed tonight, 100% but I’d rather do it right than do it fast.
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