Trump Says He Plans to Meet Kim Jong un This Year, Citing Good Relationship The latest development in the ongoing saga between Donald Trump and Kim Jong un has all the makings of a powder keg: a US president making bold claims about North Korea's nuclear capabilities while Pyongyang denies any direct communication with Washington.
On its face, this is just another iteration of a long standing pattern – Trump's attempts to revive personal diplomacy with the mercurial Kim.
The Problem of Credibility Trump's estimate of 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons in North Korea's arsenal has already been disputed by Pyongyang, which claims it has no direct communication channels with Washington.