(AP) – President Donald Trump says he may be meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un on Sunday during a visit to the demilitarized zone with South Korea. But he says nothing has been set just yet.
Trump offered the update during a press conference as he wraps up his appearance at the Group of 20 summit in Japan hours after tweeting his invitation.
Trump says Kim has responded to the offer and was “very receptive” to the idea. He says: “We may be meeting with Chairman Kim… we’ll find out.”
It’s unclear whether Trump was referring to a private communication or public comments from North’s First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, who called the prospect of a meeting a “very interesting suggestion.”
Trump says he’d “feel very comfortable” crossing the border into North Korea if he meets Kim Jong Un at the heavily-fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone separating the North from South Korea.
Trump says he’d “have no problem” becoming the first U.S. president to cross the border while he’s there.
Trump and Kim last met in Vietnam in February, but that summit collapsed with no progress.
Trump says he’s holding off on new China tariffs for the “time being” and the U.S. and China will restart stalled trade talks.
He says U.S. tariffs already in place against Chinese imports will remain, but that new tariffs he’s threatened to slap on billions worth of other Chinese goods will not be put in place.
Trump says “we’re going to work with China where we left off.”
Talks broke off after several rounds of negotiations after the U.S. accused China of reneging on agreements it had already made.
Trump, on another topic, says Jimmy Carter is a “nice man” but he was “terrible” as America’s president.
Trump on hit back at Carter after he was asked about Carter’s comment that Trump is president only because of Russian interference. Carter commented Friday during a human rights discussion in Virginia, but offered no evidence for his statement.
Asked about Carter’s comment during his news conference in Japan, Trump says Carter is a Democrat and what he said is a “typical talking point.”
Trump says he was elected because he worked “harder and smarter” than his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Trump is defending his decision not to confront Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Bin Salman over the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump on Friday praised Mohammed as his “friend” as they met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, but ignored reporters’ questions about the crown prince’s alleged role in the killing last year.
Trump is calling the killing “horrible,” but says that Saudi Arabia has “been a terrific ally.” He’s also suggesting he’s satisfied with steps the country is taking to prosecute some of those involved, while claiming that “nobody so far has pointed directly a finger at the future king of Saudi Arabia.”
A U.N. expert has called for an investigation into his alleged involvement in the killing at the Saudi consulate in Turkey last year.
Trump also weighed in on Thursday evening’s Democratic presidential debate, arguing that California Sen. Kamala Harris has gotten too much credit for a blistering attack on former Vice President Joe Biden.
Harris has been widely praised for her move highlighting Biden’s opposition to public school busing during the 1970s. But Trump says he thinks she “was given far too much credit for what she did” and says her answer came “right out of a box.”
Trump also says Biden was no Winston Churchill – a reference to the great orator – but argued his performance wasn’t that bad.
Trump is also threatening, without evidence, that the markets will crash if a Democrat beats him.
