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Trump Meets Kim at DMZ, Crosses Into North Korea

William Gallo

   SEOUL - U.S. President Donald Trump called his latest meeting with
   North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "very productive" and said both
   countries "want to get this thing solved."

   "I outlined the incredible prosperity that awaits North Korea when this
   whole thing gets settled," Trump told U.S. military personnel at Osan
   Air Base in South Korea.

   Trump has repeatedly pointed to potential economic benefits North Korea
   could experience if it agrees to a deal on its nuclear program.

   The latest comments came after Trump became the first sitting U.S.
   president to visit North Korea when he stepped across the border at the
   demilitarized zone.

   After shaking hands with Kim at the Panmunjom border village, Trump
   walked across the military demarcation line separating the two Koreas.
   Kim and Trump then crossed the border back into South Korea.

   "Good to see you again," Kim told Trump. "I never expected to see you
   in this place."

   "Stepping across that line was a great honor," said Trump, who invited
   Kim to the United States for another meeting.

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