Donald Trump congratulated Kim Jong-un three days after the summit in Vietnam: "I have excellent relations with him"

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said Sunday that North Korea had "more potential than any other nation "thanks to the leadership of Kim Jong-un, with whom he has" an excellent relationship ", three days after the summit between the two leaders in Vietnam, which should progress in the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

"President Kim warns, perhaps better than anyone, that without nuclear weapons, his country could quickly become one of the world's largest economic powers."said the Republican leader on his Twitter account." Because of its location, its inhabitants (and for him), has more potential for rapid growth than any other nation! ", he added.

Trump and Kim met for the first time in June 2018 in Singapore, ending an escalation of tensions that seemed to lead their countries to war. There was an agreement to withdraw nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula, although no progress has been made in this direction so far.

"Denuclearization – China Xi's president has been very supportive of my meeting with Kim Jong-un. The last thing China wants is to have nuclear weapons next door. Border sanctions imposed by China and Russia have been very helpful. I have very good relations with President Kim! ", indicated in another tweet.

The United States and China are facing a trade war triggered by Trump in early 2018, when the president ordered a series of tariffs on Chinese products to protect the local industry and curb the Chinese practices considered unfair.

However, since December, a trade truce between the two powers has been in place and Negotiations were held for the signing of a new trade agreement.

"The trade talks with China were very productive yesterday, they will continue today!" I will leave tomorrow for Hanoi, Vietnam, for the summit with North Korea's Kim Jong-un, where we expect both to continue the progress made at the first summit in Singapore, "said Trump in a third tweet. .

China is the main trading and political partner of North Korea and one of its last relations with the world, with Russia. for a regime isolated by its ideology and the international sanctions imposed in order to stop its nuclear program.

Beijing's support for US sanctions and initiative has therefore been key to the process of reducing tensions and the disarmament negotiations that will take place in Hanoi on February 27-28., a second summit following six North Korean nuclear tests and numerous missile tests by North Korea, as well as a series of cross-threats between Washington and Pyongyang in 2017.