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US President Donald Trump may meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his Asia visit next month, CNN reported on Saturday (October 18, 2025), though the meeting is yet to be confirmed.
According to the report, Trump administration officials have privately discussed the possibility of arranging a meeting with Kim but have not started any logistical planning or communication with Pyongyang. Earlier outreach from Trump this year was reportedly rejected by North Korea.
The White House has not yet commented on the matter.
Trump last met Kim at the Korean Demilitarised Zone in June 2019 — a meeting that came together just 48 hours after Trump extended an invitation on social media.
While officials remain cautious, Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in meeting Kim again. The White House is also preparing for Trump’s potential meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid growing US-China trade tensions.
Trump showed renewed interest in engaging with Kim when he met South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House in August, where he accepted an invitation to attend the APEC summit in South Korea. “I will do that, and we’ll have talks. He’d like to meet with me. We look forward to meeting with him, and we’ll make relations better,” Trump said, according to CNN.
Kim Jong Un has also signaled openness to meeting Trump but linked it to Washington giving up its “obsession with denuclearisation.” “Personally, I still have good memories of US President Trump,” Kim said in a speech before North Korea’s parliament last month. “If the US drops its hollow obsession with denuclearisation and wants peaceful coexistence, there is no reason for us not to sit down with the US.”
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