US President Donald Trump says he may offer North Korea relief from harsh sanctions provided that Pyongyang takes “meaningful” steps toward denuclearization, ahead of a meeting between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
While Trump is yet to meet Kim for the summit — their second — in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi on February 27-28, he also signaled during a press conference at the White House on Wednesday that he was already thinking of holding a third meeting with the North Korean leader too.
The US president said he and Kim had made a lot of progress but “that doesn’t mean this will be the last meeting by any chance,” adding that he “wouldn’t be surprised to see something works out.”
Trump and Kim initially had an acrimonious relationship, calling each other names and threatening military action against their countries, but since their first meeting in June last year, that relationship has apparently…