The article, citing anonymous sources allegedly close to the former president, said Trump would pivot to requesting a 'freeze' on North Korean nuclear development
Former President Donald Trump is pushing back on a report that he would provide generous political accommodations to North Korea if he is re-elected in 2024.
Trump dismissed a report from Politico citing three anonymous sources close to Trump that claimed he intended to rollback demands for denuclearization of the Kim regime and instead pursue a "freeze" in exchange for loosened sanctions.
"A Fake News article in Politico, through anonymous sources (as usual!), states that my views on Nuclear Weapons in North Korea have softened," the former commander-in-chief said in a short statement posted to his social media site Truth Social on Wednesday
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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the New York Young Republican Club Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Trump continued, "This is a made up story, DISINFORMATION, put out by Democrat Operatives in order to mislead and confuse. The only thing accurate in the story is that I do get along well with Kim Jong Un!"
An anonymous source that Politico claimed was "briefed on [Trump's] thinking" on North Korea said that his biggest priority was a "deal."
"He knows he wants a deal," the alleged inside source told Politico. "What type of deal? I don’t think he has thought that through."
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A handout photo provided by Dong-A Ilbo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the South and North Korea in Panmunjom, South Korea. (Dong-A Ilbo via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Trump claimed in April that he averted a "nuclear holocaust" via his diplomacy with North Korea.
Trump made the comments in a deposition for his New York civil fraud case, which was not made public until August.
"I was very busy. I was — I considered this the most important job in the world, saving millions of lives. I think you would have nuclear holocaust, if I didn't deal with North Korea," Trump told lawyers with the New York attorney general’s office in April.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 7th enlarged plenary meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, North Korea. (KCNA via REUTERS)
Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to meet with a dictator of North Korea when he shook hands with Kim Jong Un in 2019.
"It started off rough, remember that? I was saying ‘little rocket man’ and he was saying ‘I've got a red button on my desk, and I’m willing to use it,'" Trump recalled in an April 2023 interview.
"And then all of a sudden we get a call — they want to meet," he added. "We would have had that whole situation straightened out shortly after the beginning of my second term."
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