US President Donald Trump said today that he will "certainly" invite North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit the US if their historic summit goes well.
At a joint press conference after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House, Trump also said he was "completely prepared" to walk out of the June 12 meeting with Kim in Singapore if things did not go well, reports the Associated Press.
Trump said he believes Kim is ready to do something big for his country, family and himself, adding that he would rather invite the North Korean leader to the White House than to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
The US president also said that he is "very well prepared" for the historic summit with Kim Jong Un, but that the outcome of that meeting depends less on preparation than on "attitude and willingness to resolve things."
"They have to denuclearize. If they don't denuclearize, that's not going to be acceptable. And we can't lift their sanctions," Trump said of North Korea.
Abe requested today's meeting with Trump to address Japan's concerns about the summit.
Trump stated that the negotiations with Kim will mark the beginning of the process of finding a solution to the nuclear issue, for which, as he stated, one meeting will not be enough.
Asked how many days he is ready to talk to Kim, Trump said "one, two, three, it depends on what happens".
Trump added that he will know immediately if Kim is serious about the American demands.
"I don't think I need to prepare much. The attitude is more important. The willingness to solve things is more important," said the American president.
He stated that he would not play golf with Kim, and that former American basketball star Dennis Rodman, a frequent visitor to Pyongyang, would not attend the summit.
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