Photos: Trump, Kim finally meet face-to-face
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reuters9 after months of sabre-rattling that gave way to flirtation president trump finally met face-to-face with kim jong un at a hotel on sentosa island in singapore on tuesday morning1 while it remained unclear what sort of document the two men would sign trump added that the meeting had gone better than anybody could have expected1 their meeting began shortly after 9 a.m. local time with trump wearing a dark suit and red tie and kim dressed in a black suit. the two men walked along a white colonnade meeting in front of a bank of 12 alternating u.s. and north korean flags where they shook hands. the handshake lasted about 12 seconds1 according to the shanghai media group the 35-year-old kim arrived at the summit venue seven minutes earlier than trump 71 to show respect to his elder1 after their initial greeting trump and kim walked inside sat down and spoke briefly to reporters1 trump who had insisted he would know within the first minute if kim was serious about denuclearisation said he felt really great and that it was his honour to meet with the north korean leader1 were going to have a great discussion trump said. a tremendous success. we will have a great relationship1 it was not easy to get here kim said. there were obstacles but we overcame them to be here1 kim likened the meeting to something from a science fiction movie according to a translation of his remarks1 the pair then retreated to a private room where they met one-on-one with interpreters for about 35 minutes before an expanded bilateral meeting with both u.s. and north korean advisers1 hours into a working lunch at which the two leaders discussed a deal to denuclearise north korea trump and kim took a stroll together and the u.s. president declared were going right now for a signing1 at the top of the expanded meeting trump said he and kim will solve the problems presented by a nuclear north korea1 working together we will get it taken care of trump said1 we overcame all kinds of skepticism and speculations about this summit kim added and i believe that this is good for the peace1 trump arrived at the hotel after issuing a flurry of tweets dismissing skeptics of the meeting between u.s. leaders and the rogue nuclear nation as haters1 he also revealed that his economic adviser larry kudlow who was not part of the u.s. delegation in singapore had suffered a heart attack was being treated at walter reed medical center in maryland1 larry is currently in good condition white house press secretary sarah sanders said. and his doctors expect he will make a full and speedy recovery1 adding to the surreal nature of trump-kim spectacle former nba star dennis rodman appeared on cnn in a rambling emotional interview live from singapore where he broke into tears as he commented on his role in bringing kim and trump to the negotiating table1 rodman who first traveled to north korea in 2013 to meet with kim said he received death threats as a result of his outreach1 i believed in north korea rodman said. and when i went home i couldnt even go home. i couldnt go home. i had to hide out for 30 days. i couldnt even go home but i kept my head up high brother. i knew things were going to change. i knew it. i was the only one1 the flamboyant former basketball star added that the trump white house called him tuesday to thank him for his unlikely diplomacy1 the president was flanked by secretary of state mike pompeo chief of staff john kelly and national security adviser john bolton. kim was joined by vice chairman kim yong chol and foreign ministers ri yong ho and ri su yong. trump and kim sat across from each other near the center of a long table1