Donald Trump gambles on meeting with Kim, predicts it'll go 'very well'

South Korea, which helped facilitate the talks, asked for an exemption to Trump's planned steel tariffs

President Donald Trump will need to adopt an unfamiliar set of traits -- patience, persistence, clear goals and conditions -- and be prepared to walk away when he meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, people who have negotiated with Kim’s regime say.

Trump’s apparently impromptu decision to begin setting up talks contrasts with Kim’s situation -- North Korea has prepared deliberately for decades for a meeting with the sitting U.S. president as a major step toward gaining international legitimacy.

Leaving the White House on Saturday for a rally in Pennsylvania, Trump told reporters that “We’re doing something very special. We have