{ "error": "", "type": "text", "title": "Remarks by President Trump During the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing - North Korea", "slug": "remarks-by-president-trump-during-the-coronavirus-task-force-in-press-briefing-north-korea", "text": "
\"Q Mr. President, you, a couple days ago, said that you might reach out to Kim Jong Un directly, but also that you were working to find out if those reports about him being in possible medical trouble were true. I\u2019m wondering if you\u2019ve either \u2014<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: I hope he\u2019s not in medical trouble.<\/p>\n
Q Well \u2014<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: I hope he\u2019s \u2014<\/p>\n
Q \u2014 have you heard anything from North Korea or \u2014<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: I\u2019ve gotten along very well with him. And you know, here we are. You would have been in a war with North Korea if I didn\u2019t get elected President. Remember, I was going to be the one that took us into war, with my first day in office. Okay? Here we are. Look at what\u2019s happened. Withdrawal. We\u2019re bringing people home. We\u2019re not going to serve as policemen all over the world. I don\u2019t want to be policemen all over the world.<\/p>\n
Q But have you been able to leverage that relationship?<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: And yet I\u2019ve rebuilt our military to a level that it\u2019s never been built at before.<\/p>\n
Q Have you been able to get more information?<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: But it\u2019s never recognized by the fake news.<\/p>\n
Go ahead.<\/p>\n
Q Have you been able to use that relationship to get more information about his status?<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: Uh, I think the report was incorrect. Let me just put it that way. I think the report was done by a network that was incorrect.<\/p>\n
Q So you blame \u2014<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: I\u2019m hearing they used old documents. But I \u2014 that\u2019s what I hear. I hear the report was an incorrect report. I hope it was an incorrect report.<\/p>\n
Q When was the last time you heard from him?<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: I don\u2019t want to say.<\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
Q Since you pointed to me, just a quick question about that. So you haven\u2019t made any contact, though? Just to make sure.<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: With who?<\/p>\n
Q The North Koreans.<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: I don\u2019t want to say. I won\u2019t say that.<\/p>\n
Q Okay, so \u2014<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: We have a good relationship with North Korea \u2014 as good as you can have. I mean, we have a good relationship with North Korea. I have a good relationship with Kim Jong Un, and I hope he\u2019s okay. And somebody would say, \u201cOh, that\u2019s terrible.\u201d No, it\u2019s not terrible. I hope he\u2019s okay. And I think it was a fake report done by CNN.<\/p>\n
Q So can I ask you a question?\"<\/p>", "quote": null, "citation": "