{"id":60587,"date":"2018-01-06T21:34:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T21:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/06\/trump-says-hed-be-open-to-talking-with-north-korean-leader\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:37:27","slug":"trump-says-hed-be-open-to-talking-with-north-korean-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/01\/06\/trump-says-hed-be-open-to-talking-with-north-korean-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he\u2019d be open to talking with North Korean leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THURMONT, Md. \u2014 President Donald Trump, shelving comparisons about the size of a \u201cnuclear button,\u201d said Saturday he is open to talking with the North Korean leader he\u2019s called \u201cLittle Rocket Man\u201d and hopes some progress results from upcoming talks between the Koreas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump, who last year lambasted his chief diplomat for talking about negotiations with the nuclear-armed North, told reporters at Camp David that some dialogue or direct conversation with Kim Jong Un was not beyond the realm of possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSure, I always believe in talking,\u201d Trump said. \u201cAbsolutely I would do that, I wouldn\u2019t have a problem with that at all.\u201d But he was quick to add that any talks would come with conditions, which he did not specify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first formal talks between North and South in more than two years are set to take place in a border town Tuesday as the rivals try to find ways to cooperate on the Winter Olympics in the South and to improve their ties. Tensions are high because of the North\u2019s nuclear and missile programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\t