{"id":335027,"date":"2026-08-19T16:38:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/trump-teases-potential-kim-jong-un-meeting-later-this-year.html"},"modified":"2026-08-19T16:38:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:38:51","slug":"trump-teases-potential-kim-jong-un-meeting-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/trump-teases-potential-kim-jong-un-meeting-later-this-year.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump teases potential Kim Jong Un meeting later this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">     <span class=\"overlay\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Video<\/span><\/a> <!--&gt; \n\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Fox News Flash top headlines for August 19<\/a><\/h4>\n\n \n\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on FoxNews.com.<\/p>\n\n \n\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">President Donald Trump said Wednesday he expects to meet with dictator Kim Jong Un \"later this year,\" signaling ongoing direct diplomacy with Pyongyang despite a direct denial by North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">\"I get along with him very well,\" Trump told reporters during an impromptu White House construction walkthrough, adding, \"I expected to meet with him later this year. Yeah, I will be.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">North Korea rejected Trump's reference to talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">\"The relationship between the two leaders remains excellent,\" Kim Yo Jong, the sister of the North Korean leader, wrote in a statement, according to state media KCNA. \"However, the U.S.\u2019s hostile policies toward the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea haven\u2019t changed.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Trump declined to say whether he had exchanged letters with Kim, telling a reporter, \"Can\u2019t tell you that.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The president repeatedly pointed to his personal relationship with the North Korean leader as an asset, calling Kim a \"very powerful player\" and saying their ability to get along was \"a good thing, not a bad thing.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Trump did not provide a date or location for the potential meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><i>This is a breaking story, check back here for updates.<\/i><\/p>\n\n --> <!--&gt; \n\n<p>Eric Mack is a breaking news reporter and writer Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. ET to 2 p.m. ET, with a particular interest in stories that lead the news cycle on politics, elections, foreign affairs and government.<\/p>\n\n--><\/p>\n<p>Article source: https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-teases-potential-kim-jong-un-meeting-later-year<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video Article source: https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-teases-potential-kim-jong-un-meeting-later-year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-335027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}