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DMZ: Donald Trump steps into North Korea with Kim Jong Un — live updates – CNNPolitics

US President Donald Trump with US service members stationed in South Korea in Osan Air Base.
US President Donald Trump with US service members stationed in South Korea in Osan Air Base. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump has told US troops at South Korea’s Osan Air Base that his “unexpected” meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was “great.”

“That’s a great country with tremendous potential,” the US President said. “I have a good relationship with chairman Kim, they were giving us a great briefing at the DMZ.”

As for his walk into North Korean territory, Trump called it a “historic moment and a very good moment.”

“Everybody was so happy and many people I noticed from Korea were literally in tears, crying.”