U.S. - North Korea Summit: News Updates

Daily Mail: Trump gives Kim a warm welcome at high stakes nuclear talk saying 'its my honor' to meet with the dictator 'and we will have a terrific relationship'

* President Trump and Kim Jong-un are at Capella Resort, an isolated hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore
* They had a handshake photo-op before engaging in a one-on-one conversation with translators that lasted more than 45 minutes
* Their private meeting gave way to an expanded bilateral with top officials from both countries
* Trump will address the media on Tuesday afternoon prior to his departure for Washington
* The summit began at 9 am in Singapore, which is 9pm EDT on the East Coast
* President Trump said in his first remarks that 'it's an honor' to be meeting with Kim, whom he expects to have 'a terrific relationship' with now that they've been personally introduced
* Kim told the U.S. president, 'It was not easy to get here...old prejudices and practices worked as obstacles on our way forward, but we overcame all of them'
* Trump set the tone for the talks, sending Kim an outstretched hand and patting the dictator's right elbow with the other
* Neither man smiled during the formal photo, but Trump gave Kim a warm grip-and-grin moments later

President Donald Trump held his long-sought history-making summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, saying 'it's an honor' and that he expects to have 'a terrific relationship' with the longtime U.S. antagonist now that they've been personally introduced.

The two men shared a hearty handshake, exchanged pleasantries for the cameras, and met one-on-one for 38 minutes with only translators present while the world watched with anticipation as their summit unfolded in Singapore.

The oddness of the encounter wasn't lost on Kim, whose repressive regime has kept the U.S. on edge for decades through bellicose statements, nuclear tests, and ballistic missile launches.

'Many people in the world will think of this as a ... form of fantasy…from a science fiction movie,' he told the president, in a remark repeated by a translator.

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U.S. - North Korea Summit: News Updates

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