Trump makes no mention of N. Korea while touching on Iran, AI, other key issues
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump made no mention of North Korea or other Korean Peninsula issues during his high-profile address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, though he has expressed his intention to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un later this year. During the second address to the Assembly under his second term, Trump touched on a series of key issues, ranging from the…
U.S. President Donald Trump did not bring up North Korea or other Korean Peninsula matters during his recent address to the United Nations General Assembly, despite his prior intent to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Instead, Trump addressed several key topics, including the Iran conflict, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, and the potential dangers of superintelligent artificial intelligence.
Notably, he made no references to North Korea, contrary to speculation that he would attempt to resume his personal diplomacy with Kim, which included three in-person meetings during his first term: one in Singapore in June 2018, another in Hanoi in February 2019, and a final meeting at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom in June 2019.
However, Trump did mention North Korea in three of the four addresses he gave during his first term, most famously referring to Kim as a "rocket man" in a 2017 speech amid tensions over Pyongyang's missile provocations.
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