What did trump talk about after talks with Kim Jong-un

Speech by US President Donald Trump at a press conference following talks with Kim Jong-un.

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Translation of the speech of US President Donald Trump from the publication Vox provided Inosmi.

Thank you all very much, we have something to remember, it was a terrific day, but in fact it was three months, because it all went on for a long time. You have just watched the recording that we gave to Chairman Kim and his assistants, his representatives, it covers a lot, covers the scale of what can be done. This is an amazing place, it has incredible potential. If you think about South Korea, about China, this territory has great potential, and I think Mr. Kim understands this and wants to do what is right.

I now have the honor of addressing all the people in the world who follow this historic summit with Chairman Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea. We spent these hours very rich, and I think most of you received a signed document, or you will receive them very soon. This is a comprehensive document. And I now stand before you as a representative of the American people, to deliver a message full of hope and plans, a message of peace.

Let me begin by thanking my friend Singapore, especially Prime Minister Lee, who has received us. This is a country of incredible subtlety and beauty, and I appeal with the warmest wishes to every citizen, to all who helped organize this most important visit and made it so pleasant, despite the huge amount of work and a rich schedule.

My friend, the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Abe, has just left our country, he wants to achieve what will be a blessing for Japan and for the rest of the world, he is a very good person.

And the unique person is the President of China, Mr. Xi, who was able to overcome this border, perhaps it was not so noticeable in the last couple of months, but that's okay. He also took part in this, and he is an absolutely wonderful person and my friend, a wonderful leader of his people.

I want to thank them for their desire to help us realize this historic meeting. And mainly I want to thank Chairman Kim for taking the first decisive step towards a new bright future for his people. The unprecedented meeting, the first meeting of the President of America and the head of North Korea, proves that real change is indeed possible.

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My meeting with Chairman Kim was honest, open and fruitful. We managed to get to know each other in a very limited period of time under extremely powerful circumstances. We are ready to begin a new story, ready to write a new chapter in the relations of our states. Almost 70 years ago, you just think, as many 70 years ago, a bloody conflict ravaged the Korean Peninsula. In this conflict, an infinite number of people, including tens of thousands of brave Americans, died. And, despite the agreed truce, the war has not ended so far, and we all hope that it will soon end, and that will be so. The past should not determine the future. Yesterday’s conflict should not turn into tomorrow’s war. And, as history has repeatedly proved, enemies can become friends. We can pay tribute to the sacrifice made by our ancestors, taking a step from the horrors of war to the blessing of the world. And that is exactly what we have been doing and doing. Chairman Kim got a chance to create an incredible future for his people. Everyone can fight, but only the most courageous are able to make peace. The existing state of affairs cannot last forever, the people of Korea - both North and South - are deeply talented, hardworking and gifted. They are united by one heritage, one customs, one language, one culture and one fate. But in order to realize their tremendous fate, to unify their national destiny, issues related to nuclear weapons will now be removed. At the same time, the sanctions will continue to operate.

We dream of a future in which all Koreans can coexist in harmony, when families reunite, and hope revives, and where the light of the world expels the darkness of war. This bright future is here, and it is already happening. It is already here, we can reach out to him by hand. It will happen. Everyone thought it would never happen. And this is happening now. This is a great day, a great moment in world history. Chairman Kim is already returning back to North Korea, and I know for sure that as soon as he arrives there, he will begin a process that will incredibly make happy and secure many people. Therefore, it is an honor to be together with everyone today, so much media has gathered here today, I must say, because of this, I feel very uncomfortable. But that is, that is, people understand that this is something important, this is understood by all of us and our families.

Thank you very much for being here, let's move on to the questions. Wow, so many questions. I ask you, I listen to you. A question from NBC.

- Thank you, Mr. President. I have two questions for you, if you don't mind. First, the person you met today, Kim Jong-un, killed his family members, brought his own people to starvation, is responsible for the death of Otto Uormbir. Why you do not feel awkward, calling him very talented?

- Well, because he is really very talented. A talented person who decided to understand the situation in which he found himself in 26 years, and is able to take her in his hands and is still cool to cope with it. I do not say that he did well, I did not say anything like that. He led it, and few at that age can do it. One person in ten thousand is capable of this. Otto Warbier is a unique person, and he will always be one for me. His parents are my good friends.

I think if Otto it wouldn’t have happened. Something has changed since that day - it was terrible. It was cruel. Many began to pay attention to what is happening, even in North Korea itself. I really believe that Otto is a man who died for a reason. I told that to his parents. This is a unique young man of unique parents. Unique people. Otto died for a reason. In many ways, we are here thanks to him.

- Thank you, Mr. President. The second question concerns the security assurances that you mentioned in your statement. Can you clarify what guarantees you can give to Kim Jong-un? Do they include a reduction in military operations?

- At some point I have to speak honestly. I said this during my election campaign, as you know better than others. I want to withdraw our military. I want our military to return home. We have thousands of 32 military in South Korea. I wish I had the opportunity to bring them home. Nobody thinks about it. And I hope that at some point they will think about it. We will end the war games, which will save us huge sums of money. If - and for the time being - we do not agree on future negotiations, the situation will not develop in the right direction. We can save a huge amount of money. Moreover. This is a very big challenge.

John, come on, please. It seemed to me that it was John Roberts.

- We are often confused, Mr. President. Mr. President, the joint statement does not speak about controlled and irreversible denuclearization. Is this a concession from the United States?

- No, not at all. If you look at the statement, it says here that we ... Here, take a look, right here. That nuclear weapons will not. I do not think that can be expressed even clearer. Problems of establishing relations with the DPRK. We are talking about guarantees and firm commitments on the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. This is the document we have just signed.

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- Did you discuss with Chairman Kim ways to control the process from the United States and international organizations?

- Yes, discussed. The process will be monitored. We will control it.

- How will it be implemented?

- We will achieve this thanks to the presence of a large number of people. In the meantime, some confidence will be generated. We believe we have achieved this. Secretary of State Pompeo did an incredible job with his staff and everyone who participated in it. In the process of work we will have a lot of people there, and they will cooperate with them. This is the complete denuclearization of North Korea, and it will be supervised.

- Are you talking about Americans or intelligence officers?

- And about those, and about others.

Go on. Be polite, do not forget about mutual respect.

- Of course, Mr. President. What did Kim Jong-un tell you to win your confidence that for the first time in the history of North Korea they are not deceiving the system and the whole world and are abandoning their nuclear arsenal?

- This is a very relevant question. He mentioned that in the past they had set foot on this path, but nothing was done. In one case, they took billions of dollars during the Clinton regime.

They took billions of dollars, and nothing happened. He told me about it. He said that he had never reached such a stage. It is unlikely that they have ever so trusted any president, believing that he will do anything and be able to do it. He was very firm in his desire to do this, I think he wants to do it no less, and even more than me.

Because they see this as a bright future for North Korea. No one knows for sure. We can't know for sure. We have signed a comprehensive document today. Most of you, I believe, already have it. We have signed a very comprehensive document, and I believe that it will abide by its conditions.

In fact, when he lands, and this will happen soon, I think he will immediately begin this process. I think it will be so. I can only say that I know. As you know, this would not have happened without rhetoric. I think the other processes and the formation of a new team played a very important role. We have a great team. But I really think that he wants to bring it to the end. I believe in this very much.

And here is John. Guys, you are in a certain light just very similar. Hairstyles are similar. Come on, which one of you has a better hairstyle? He has pretty good hair, John.

- We are becoming alike thanks to the angelic radiance of the lighting in the hall. Of course, denuclearization, nuclear weapons and biological weapons are a very big problem in North Korea. Another huge problem is the horrific violations of human rights in their country. Did you at least touch on this question? Will you discuss this in the future?

- Yes, we discussed this issue. And we will discuss even more in the future. Human rights. We discussed in detail what we had, and I had ... I received an infinite number of letters and calls. Everything you can do. People want the return of the remains of their sons, the remains of their fathers and mothers. All the people who fell into the cage of that brutal war that took place to a greater extent in North Korea.

I asked about it today, and we got an answer. It was a request at the very last minute. The remains will return to their homeland. They will start this process immediately. So many people during the election campaign would say that it is impossible to cooperate with North Korea to return the remains of a son or father. So many people asked me this question. I said that we don't get along well with this particular group of people.

And now we did it. And he very quickly and kindly gave his consent. It was a pleasure. He understands this. Therefore, thousands and thousands - it seems, about six thousand remains of which we know - will be back home. The problem of prisoners of war and missing persons is, of course, very important for people.

- President Trump, what, in your opinion, will Kim Jong-un do on the issue of human rights violations against the North Korean people?

- We discussed this. Compared to the denuclearization issue, we spent less time on this. In fact, we just started a discussion of this issue, and so we stopped at it. They will take steps. In my opinion, he wants to do something. You will be surprised. He is very smart. Perfect negotiations. He wants to move in the right direction. He said that in the past they had a dialogue, but he was not like what is happening now.

They took steps in that direction. They were given billions of dollars, and the next day the nuclear program was resumed. Now is a completely different case. And a completely different president, if we speak about justice. It is very important for me. This is one of the reasons why I won and defended this issue, as you know, John.

Whoever these people are, I do not see you well in all this lighting. Both of you are not like yourself. Go on, of course. Let's go further.

- Thank you, Mr. President. And first of all, congratulations.

- Thank you, it is very nice.

- Have you raised the issue of the peace agreement and will you soon go to Pyongyang?

- Of course. In my time. I will also invite Chairman Kim to the White House at the time. I think this is very important. He agreed. I said that this will happen in due time. We want to move on in this direction.

In the statement we signed today there were a lot of points. Something that was not included in the statement was discussed, because we talked about it after we signed it. I've done it before. We did not include this in the agreement because I did not have time. Most of you have an agreement, or you will get it soon. Have not received? We just printed it all out. Could you give them away? Please hand out agreements. You will see everything.

Please, sir, please.

- I also want to congratulate you, Mr. President.

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- Thank.

- What role did Japan play and the question of the fate of Christians? In this connection, the second question: when will you give an interview to Japanese television? In Japan, there are now 50 thousand military.

- Indeed, in Japan there are 50 of thousands of beautiful military men. This is a question that worries Prime Minister Abe more than a question of denuclearization. I would say this is the most important question for him. I picked it up. They will work on it. They did not include it in the document. But they will work on it. So Christians.

We raised this question. Franklin Graham spent and spends a huge amount of time in North Korea. He is very sensitive to this issue. The question has indeed been raised, and action will be taken. Great question. Yes, John, I beg you.

- Thank you, Mr. President. Returning to the issue of human rights violations. You said very impressive words in connection with this during the annual address to the nation. You have demonstrated that defectors from the DPRK are sitting in the bed of the first lady. It was stated that North Korea suppressed its people so cruelly as no other state in the world. Do you adhere to the same point of view after you sat down at the negotiating table with Kim Jong-un? Should he change this?

- John, I think that there is a very serious situation. No one doubts that. We really had a hard time discussing this today. Knowing that the main goal of our negotiations here is to achieve nuclear disarmament. We discussed this in some detail. And we will take some measures in this regard. This is serious.

This is a serious matter in many countries, by the way. We will continue this discussion and, I think, finally, we will come to some decision. We discussed this in detail, in addition to the nuclear situation. It was one of the main topics.

- Do you think that this should change for the advent of a wonderful new era?

- I think this will change. Probably it should, but it will change. Thank you very much. Steve. When we will be sure that nuclear weapons are removed from the agenda. Sanctions played a significant role. When this is done, we will remove them. At a certain moment, I can’t wait for the moment to cancel them, and this will happen when we know that we have already passed this path, and this will not happen. Nothing will happen.

- Thank.

- Yes, I ask you.

- Thank you, Mr. President. Congratulations on this historic summit.

- Thank you. And by the way, congratulations to all on this.

- You signed a document with Kim Jong-un. Basically, it's just a piece of paper. Yesterday we held a briefing with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He said the following: “Many presidents had signed papers before, and then it turned out that the North Korean side had not fulfilled its obligations or had refused its words.” What distinguishes today's case from the previous ones?

- Now there is another administration, another president and another secretary of state. These are people for whom this question is very important. And we are engaged in his decision. For other teams, this question, perhaps, was not a priority. But to be honest, even if he were, they could hardly have solved it. I do not think so. Then it would be easier. In my opinion, it would be easier if it happened ten or five years ago. I do not blame President Obama now.

All this has been going on for 25 years, and this issue had to be resolved. I got a difficult job. I had to understand this and the deal with Iran and other issues. And we are doing great. Iranian agreement: I have to honestly admit that I did it because the nuclear issue is always in the first place for me. The nuclear issue is number one.

As for the deal with Iran, I think that now Iran is a different country. It is unlikely that they are continuing just now, with the same confidence to look closely at the Mediterranean and Syria, as before. I think they are not so sure of themselves. I hope that after these words at a certain point after the sanctions came into force, and we have imposed severe restrictions on Iran, I hope they will return and really sit down for negotiations. It is too early for that.

- You also talk about the establishment of diplomatic relations, the exchange of ambassadors. What should happen to make it happen?

- This is a good question. I hope soon. It is necessary to start the process first. It's too early to talk about it. Need to get down to business.

I ask you, hello.

- Please clarify the statement that you are tying up with war games? Do you stop learning with South Korea?

- We have been conducting exercises together with South Korea for a long time. We call them war games. I call them that. They are incredibly expensive for us. We spend an unbelievable amount of money on them. South Korea is also contributing, but not 100%, and on this topic I would also like to talk with them. This is related to both military spending and trade. To be honest, we have a new agreement with South Korea. We need to talk to them. We need to talk with other countries so that they treat us fairly. After all, for most of them we pay.

We fly bombers from Guam. I asked where these bombers came from? From Guam, not far. I said, “Great. Where is this “nearby”?” Six and a half hour flight. It takes a lot of time for these powerful planes to fly to South Korea for exercises and drop bombs all over the place, and then fly back to Guam. I know a lot about airplanes. It is very expensive. I did not like it.

What I said is that this is outrageous. I have to tell you, Jennifer, the situation was challenging. In these circumstances, we are negotiating a comprehensive and complete agreement. Inappropriate to wage war games. First, we save money, a lot of money. And secondly, they were very grateful for that.

- Does North Korea offer something in return?

- Yes, I heard. I don't always want to go against the press. Not always. And today - especially. This is too important. I noted that some people say that the president agreed to meet. Too much refused. And I did not refuse anything. I'm here. I have not slept already 25 hours. But I thought it was necessary. We had endless negotiations with them, we are me, [head of the White House office] John Kelly, Mike Pompeo and all of our talented team. We have not given up anything, and you are right. I agreed to a meeting.

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I think the meeting was as helpful to the United States as it was to North Korea. I just wrote down something that we had. They have to. They got an appointment. Only someone who does not like Donald Trump will say that I agreed to significant concessions. Of course, I agreed to spend some time visiting here and at this meeting. I think this is very good for us as for the country and for them too.

What did they do to justify this meeting? They gave commitments to complete nuclear disarmament. It is very important. They secured the release of three American hostages. They already gave them to us two months ago. These people live happily at home with their families. For them it was a great challenge, to say the least.

We were promised to give the remains, including the remains of fallen heroes. And they give these commitments. Immediately begin to return the remains. I looked at how many people approached me with this request. And I was amazed. A lot of people asked if it was possible. At that moment, we had no connection with Chairman Kim or anyone else in North Korea. It was a very closed society. And now we have achieved the return of the remains to their homeland. Have achieved the termination of any rocket and nuclear tests. What time did it happen? In seven months? During this period there were no nuclear tests and explosions. I remember a nuclear explosion - the Richter scale 8,8.

Somewhere in Asia, there was a major earthquake. Then it was in North Korea. I have never heard of such a concussion. If you look, you will see that there were no missile launches. They destroyed the test site. This was not recorded in the agreement. We will give you the exact details. They guaranteed the absence of missiles and nuclear tests. They guaranteed the closure of their only test site for nuclear weapons, all three located on this territory. They guaranteed to close it. They pledged to destroy the missile test site. This is not in your agreement.

We discussed this after we signed the agreement. I said: do me a favor. You have this huge testing ground for rocket engines. We know this because of the high temperature. We have an absolutely incredible technique, honestly tell you. I asked: can you close it? And he intends to close it. We still have the opportunity to maintain sanctions. Sanctions remain in effect. Last week I was ready to introduce more 300 sanctions. But I could not do it on the eve of the meeting. And these are 300 powerful, effective sanctions.

Jennifer, when you look at everything we have, and when we got our hostages, I didn't have to pay 1,8 a billion dollars in cash, unlike the hostage case in Iran, and it was a shameful situation. We have a lot of things. When I hear someone in the media say that President Trump agreed to a meeting, I do not really care. I think we should meet in connection with many questions, and not only with this. I think a lot of good things can happen.

Yes, of course, I ask you.

- Mr. President, you have listed a lot of agreements reached during the meeting. More recently, you have determined the success of this meeting as the condition for North Korea’s refusal of nuclear weapons. How will you achieve a controlled and irreversible [destruction of a nuclear arsenal]? Please tell me why you did not specify these details in the agreement?

- Because we have no time. I'm only here for one day. We spent many hours here for intense work. The process will begin. I will be very surprised, Mike, if they haven’t started it yet. They have already begun. They blew up their landfills. Blew test sites. I will say that he knew this before this visit — and this was not a surprise for him. Not that we have ever discussed this at all. We discussed it.

Mike [Pompeo] discussed this very toughly with his colleague in North Korea. They knew that this ... Let's just say, they did not agree to this, and I could not sign any agreement. They understood that. It did not become the main point today, because earlier it was already mentioned more than about anything else. This was taken care of even before our arrival here. We raised this question to this day. As you can see, the language is very hard, and everything is stated in the document.

Yes ma'am.

- Thank you, Mr. President. Could you tell us about the military consequences for North Korea if they fail to fulfill their obligations?

- I do not want to talk about this. This is a very difficult topic to discuss. I do not want to pronounce any threats. They understood that. You saw what could happen. You see, 28 millions of people live in Seoul. We think that we have big cities. And take a look at New York - there are 8 millions of people. And we consider it a big city.

In Seoul 28 million people. Just think. And it is very close to the border. It is located very close to the demilitarized zone. He is over there. If this happened - and I heard it from 100 thousands of people. I think you could lose 20 or 30 millions of people. It is my honor to find a solution to this issue. I think the potential could have lost 30-40 millions of people. Seoul city, very close to the border.

- You once talked about "fire and anger." This is no longer relevant?

- Perhaps at that time we needed fire and anger. We could not afford this from the position of the United States. And, of course, Japan would not allow it either.

- Mr. President, could you tell us about the video shown? When did you show her to Kim?

- Today.

- For what purpose?

- We prepared it, I hope you liked it. It seemed to me that it turned out well. I thought she was interesting enough to show her. One in English, and one in Korean. I showed them to her today. In fact, during the meeting. Closer to the end. It seemed to me that he liked her. They were ... Big screen, like you, we did not have. And we showed the record on the tablet. They turned it on. It was watched by about eight of their representatives. It seemed to me that they were impressed. It seemed to me that it is well done. I showed it to you, because this is the future. This is a very likely future. Another alternative is a very bad scenario. He just does not fit. I showed this post because I really want him to do something. I don't think I should have shown it to him. I truly believe that he wants to end this. Yes.

I ask you to. How is it going with the ferry on Staten Island? He wrote a beautiful story about me and a ferry on Staten Island, and after that he had no good story. I do not know what happened to him. It has long been.

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