The moment President Trump meets Chairman Kim at the DMZ and becomes the first sitting President to enter North Korea:

Remarks by President Trump, Chairman Kim Jong Un, and
President Moon in Greeting at the Korean Demilitarized Zone
Issued on: June
30, 2019
Outside the
Inter-Korean House of Freedom
Panmunjom
Panmunjom
3:47 P.M. KST
Q
Chairman Kim, how do you feel?
CHAIRMAN KIM: (As interpreted.)
President Trump has just walked across the demarcation line. That made
him the first U.S. President to visit our country.
I believe just
looking at this action, this is an expression of his willingness to eliminate
all the unfortunate past and open a new future.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I just want to say that this is
my honor. I didn’t really expect it. We were in Japan for the
G20. We came over and I said, “Hey, I’m over here. I want to call
up Chairman Kim.” And we got to meet. And stepping across that line
was a great honor. A lot of progress has been made. A lot of
friendships have been made. And this has been in particular a great
friendship. So I just want to thank you. That was very quick
notice, and I want to thank you.
So we’re going to go
inside. We’re going to talk for a little while about different
things. And a lot of really positive things are happening, and I’m glad
you could be here to see it. But tremendous positivity. Really
great things are happening and — in a lot of places. But we met and we
liked each other from day one, and that was very important.
Thank you, everybody. Thank you.
Thank you, everybody. Thank you.
Q
Would you invite him to the U.S.?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would invite him right now —
to the White House. Absolutely.
(President
Trump and Chairman Kim continue a private conversation with President Moon.)
PRESIDENT MOON: (As interpreted.) I’d
really like to pay my tribute to the efforts of you two. You have really
made a historic moment today.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you. I think it
is. And it’s a great day for a lot of people. It’s a great day,
really, for the world, if you think about it. Beyond North Korea, South
Korea, it’s a great day for the world and it’s an honor for me to be
here. Thank you both very much.
PRESIDENT MOON: (As interpreted.) The two
leaders have just presented such a big hope to the 80,000 Korean people as well
as to the whole world. So I do look forward to great progress being made
in your subsequent dialogue.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I want to thank
everybody. Thank you all for being here.
I have to say that
when I first became President of the United States, there was great conflict in
this area. Great, great conflict. And now we have just the
opposite. And it’s my honor. And it’s the Chairman’s honor, I can
say. We work well together. And, Mr. President, thank you.
CHAIRMAN KIM: (As interpreted.) I would
like to also take this opportunity to express my gratitude for all your
assistance in having such a good opportunity.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. Thank
you very much. Thank you all.
END 3:53 P.M. KST
“In my opinion the President has
done more good on the Korean issue in the last year and a half than President
Obama did in eight years. If you look at the strides they made during the Obama
years, which advocated strategic patience-they stuck their head in the sand.
This is why President Trump has to deal with
North Korea the way it is now. He had to figure out what to do with the Korea
mess. I think this is why the President deserves a lot of credit.” Harry
Kazianis, Center for the National Interest.