Dennis Rodman, who hangs with Trump and Kim, says Korea peace deal ‘could still work’

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 06:23:00 +0000

Dennis Rodman (Reuters)

Former US basketball star Dennis Rodman, one of a handful of Westerners to have met North Korean head of state Kim Jong Un, and a friend of US President Donald Trump, said on Monday he thought the two leaders could work out a deal.

“I think that it could still work. I just think that we need to stay on the right path to make it work,” said Rodman, who was at the June 2018 Singapore summit between Kim and Trump – the first between leaders of the two states who have been technically at war since the of the Korean War in 1953.

“So, I think that people should not give up on the US trying to engage with North Korea in a good, safe manner,” Rodman told Reuters television in an interview.

North Korea said on Monday it was willing to restart nuclear talks with the United States in late September, but warned that chances of a deal could end unless Washington takes a fresh approach.

“I think Kim Jong Un wants peace. I know him very well, I think he wants peace. I think … people don’t realize that he wants to move on into the 21st century. I think he doesn’t want to give
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