"Kim Jong Un was uhh, he really has been, uhh, very open. And I think very honorable." U.S. President Trump, late April 2018 / NBC-TV News 18/04/24
This is Fake News; mischievous editing to create a false impression. Here is the
link you couldn’t find.
Remarks by President Trump and President Macron Before Expanded Bilateral Meeting
Foreign Policy
Issued on: April 24, 2018
Cabinet Room
11:15 A.M. EDT
Trump spoke about 1300 words. Here are just 222 of Trump’s words [emphasis mine]:
In South Korea, on our trade deal, we’re doing very well. And as far as North Korea is concerned, we are going to be having a meeting with Kim Jong-un, and that will be very soon. We have been told directly that they would like to have the meeting as soon as possible. And we think that’s a great thing for the world. That’s a great thing for North Korea and South Korea and Japan and France and everybody.
So we’re having very — very good discussions. Kim Jong-un, he really has been very open and I think very honorable from everything we’re seeing. Now, a lot of promises have been made by North Korea over the years, but they’ve never been in this position.
We have been very, very tough on maximum pressure. We have been very tough on, as you know, trade. We’ve been very, very tough at the border. Sanctions have been the toughest we’ve ever imposed on any country. And we think it will be a great thing for North Korea and it will be a great thing for the world. So we’ll see where that all goes. Maybe it will be wonderful and maybe it won’t. And if it’s not going to be fair and reasonable and good, I will — unlike past administrations, I will leave the table.
Let’s put the NBC Fake News quote you supplied next to Trump’s actual words:
NBC-TV: "Kim Jong Un was uhh, he really has been, uhh, very open. And I think very honorable."
D. Trump: “Kim Jong-un, he really has been very open and I think very honorable from everything we’re seeing.”
As you can see, Fake News put in the “uhs” which they would never do to Obama; they added a period after ‘open’, made the ‘a’ on ‘and’ a capital, to make it two sentences when it was actually one, and they chopped out “…from everything we’re seeing.” Trump said those words for a reason. It was to indicate that it might just be a front being put up by Kim. Fake news took it out so it would appear that Trump had NO doubts. Fake News.
They used the same devious trick on their TV news, which you can see at the 5:30 mark here:
On the same day (24 April, 2018), in the White House East Room at 12:47 P.M., Trump and France’s President Macron gave a press
conference. Trump said [emphasis mine]:
As you know, I will soon be meeting with Kim Jong-un as we seek a future of peace, harmony and security for the whole Korean Peninsula and, in fact, for the whole world.
However, in pursuit of peace, we will not repeat the mistakes of past administrations. The campaign of maximum pressure will continue.
So to sum up, Trump has been tough on NK and continues to be. This coverage was just more Fake News.