Trump touts ‘great relationship’ with Kim Jong-un as he meets South Korea’s president

President Donald Trump bragged about his “great relationship” with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un as he met at the White House for the first time Monday with South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae Myung.

Lee sang Trump’s praises during the sitdown, which came weeks after their nations reached a trade deal that capped tariffs on South Korea’s exports to the U.S. at 15%.

He asked for Trump’s help in establishing a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.

“I look forward to your meeting with Chairman Kim Jong Un,” Lee said, according to a translator in the Oval Office.

Lee even floated the idea of a Trump Tower being built in North Korea, and Trump and Kim playing golf together.

Trump said he had a “great relationship” with Kim and that he looks “forward to meeting” with him in “the appropriate future.”

“We can do big progress with North Korea,” Trump added.

Trump was asked by a reporter whether Lee and Kim could also meet.

“That’d be interesting,” Trump said.

“We’ll arrange a meeting between you and Kim Jong-un. Would you like that?” Trump asked Lee, who took office in June after a snap election. Trump’s question drew laughter from others in the room.

“Look, I get along great with Kim Jong-un, and whatever I can do having to do with South Korea and getting people together, you should get together, right?”

Trump’s amicable meeting with Lee came hours after the American president painted South Korea as a nation in turmoil, writing on social media that the country appears to be experiencing a “purge” or a “revolution.”

“We can’t have that and do business there,” Trump said on Truth Social before Lee arrived at the White House.