Trump open to meeting North Korea’s Kim on Asia trip but nothing scheduled

by | Oct 25, 2025 | World

Trump and Kim have both expressed an interest in meeting again, but a US official said a meeting is ‘not on the schedule’.Donald Trump is not scheduled to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un while in South Korea next week, a senior United States official has said, despite speculation about a meeting while the US president tours Asia.“The president, of course, has expressed his willingness to meet with Kim Jong Un in the future. It is not on the schedule for this trip,” the senior official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters in a call on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listSpeaking to reporters before departing for Asia late on Friday night, President Trump said he would like to meet Kim, but he was not sure if it would happen.“He knows I’m going there,” Trump said, referring to the North Korean leader.Speaking later aboard Air Force One regarding a possible meeting with Kim, Trump said: “I’d be open 100 percent. I get along very well with Kim Jong Un.”
Trump told me of wanting to meet with Kim Jong Un on his Asia trip: “he knows I’m going there.” https://t.co/zqkyELOsol
— Kellie Meyer (@KellieMeyerNews) October 25, 2025South Korea’s unification minister had said earlier on Friday that he believed there was a “considerable” chance that Trump would meet Kim while he is in the South Korean city of Gyeongju next week for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum.North Korea appears “to be paying attention to t …

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