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Trump floats friendship with North Korea's Kim after fresh barb

Trump last week told South Korea's parliament that the dictator had turned North Korea into 'a hell that no person deserves'

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Donald Trump speaks on the final day of the APEC CEO Summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Danang, Vietnam

Andy Sharp & Jennifer Jacobs | Bloomberg
US President Donald Trump said it was “certainly a possibility” that he could become friends with Kim Jong Un, hours after insulting the North Korean leader on Twitter.

“Certainly, it is something that could happen,” Trump said Sunday in Hanoi, Vietnam, when asked about the possibility of becoming friends with Kim. “I don’t know that it will, but it would be very, very nice if it did.”

Earlier in the day, Trump, 71, continued his war of words with Kim, who is believed to be 33. The US leader was in Hanoi on an 11-day swing through Asia.
 
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