PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Trump on Tuesday said his administration is reviewing “five locations” outside the United States where he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could meet face-to-face for the first time.
“We have not picked a site yet, but we have picked five sites where it’s potentially going to be. We’ll let you know very soon,” the president told reporters after welcoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to his Mar-a-Lago estate, where the two are expected to discuss vital security interests ahead of Trump’s planned meeting with Kim.
Trump declined to say which locations the U.S. was reviewing for his summit with Kim, but did confirm that he still plans to meet with the North Korean dictator “in early June or a little before that, assuming things go well.”
The president also said that U.S. officials have engaged in talks at “very high levels” with the isolated regime, adding that he’s seen “a lot of good will.”
“They do respect us. We are respectful of them. It’s a time for talking. It’s a time for solving problems,” Trump said.
However, the president cautioned that his meeting with Kim is not yet set in stone.
“It’s possible things won’t go well, and we won’t have the meetings, and we’ll just continue to go along this very strong path that we’ve taken, but we will see what happens,” Trump said.
