August 25, 2025

With his efforts to end the war in Ukraine stalling again, President Donald Trump on Monday teased the possibility of meeting with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un to try and bring peace to the Korean peninsula.

Trump’s expressed interest in rekindling a diplomatic dalliance that began in his first term came in response to a request from South Korea’s new president, who told Trump he was “the only person” who could end more than eight decades of tension between his country and North Korea.

Making his first visit to the White House, President Lee Jae-myung flattered his host, praising his Oval Office redesign and stewardship of the U.S. economy — and asking him to help “usher in a new era of peace on the Korean peninsula,” even floating the possibility of a Trump Tower in North Korea one day.

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