U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands after signing documents during a summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore, June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Reuters: Trump expecting 'positive' letter from North Korea's Kim Jong Un soon
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which he believes will be positive, is on its way to him, a day after expressing fresh optimism about a denuclearization deal.
“I know that a letter is being delivered to me, a personal letter from Kim Jong Un to me. It was handed at the border ... yesterday,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One. “It’s being delivered. It’s actually an elegant way... and I think it’s going to be a positive letter.”
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