트럼프 "김정은을 믿는다…지금까지 훌륭한 성과 이뤄"

U.S. President Donald Trump has again said he trusts North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
In an interview with CBS,... he claimed that everything is going well in his administration's dealings with the regime... and that there have already been great achievements.
Park Hee-jun has some snippets from that session.

"And then we fell in love, okay? No, really. He wrote me beautiful letters, and they're great letters. We fell in love."

When the host of CBS's "60 Minutes" asked the U.S. President whether he really "loved" North Korean leader Kim Jong-un,... infamous for oppressing his people and assassinating his half-brother,... the U.S. President tried to clarify that it was just a figure of speech.
But throughout the interview,... President Trump had nothing but positive things to say about the progress being made with the North... and about Kim himself.
First, he called his policy on North Korea a "great achievement,"... saying the situation has changed a great deal from what would have ended in war.

And although it's still unclear whether North Korea is really closing up weapons facilities or whether it has really stopped building missiles,... Trump expressed faith in the regime, based on how it hasn't conducted any tests in recent months.

And that faith also appears to come from his good relationship with the regime's leader.
According to Trump, what he and Kim Jong-un share is good energy and good chemistry,... which was what stopped the hostile threats that they'd exchanged during his first few months in office.

But that doesn't appear to be enough for President Trump to ease the sanctions on North Korea.
That's something he said he has no plans to do yet, emphasizing that, (quote) "this isn't the Obama adminstration."

Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.