And I can tell you that it's greater than that of North Korea.įor those who worried about Trump's temperament, his tweet probably brought back memories of the 2016 presidential campaign, when a TV ad for his opponent Hillary Clinton featured a former nuclear launch officer, who warned that the prospect of Trump controlling the nuclear arsenal "scares me to death." Sanders: The President is very well aware of how the process works and what the capacity of the United States is. Reporter: The President knows that there's no actual one nuclear button. ("Everyone does get a little nervous when I press that button," Trump once joked to a visiting Financial Times journalist.)īut rest assured that he doesn't actually have such a button, a fact conceded by the White House press secretary in a Jan. “If something can come out of those talks, that would be a great thing for all of humanity, that would be a great thing for the world,” he said.Trump's retort may have led some Americans to wonder whether he actually has a "Nuclear Button" on his desk in the Oval Office, similar to the box with the red button that he uses to order one of the numerous Diet Cokes that he consumes each day. Not even a little bit, not even one percent. If I weren’t involved they wouldn’t be talking at all right now,” he said. “Look, right now they’re talking Olympics. Trump suggested the talks might lead to an easing of tensions and took credit for the diplomatic breakthrough, saying it was a result of his steady pressure. The talks between North Korea and South Korea are expected to cover the Winter Olympics, to be held in South Korea next month, and inter-Korean relations.
Trump and Kim have exchanged insults ever since Trump took office, with Trump repeatedly calling Kim “rocket man” for testing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.Įarlier this week Trump dismissed Kim’s taunt that the North Korean leader has a nuclear button on his desk, saying he has a bigger button. “Absolutely, I would do that,” Trump said. Trump, answering questions from reporters at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, expressed a willingness to talk to Kim but not without preconditions. North Korea agreed on Friday to hold official talks with South Korea next week, the first in more than two years, hours after Washington and Seoul delayed a military exercise amid a standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would “absolutely” be willing to talk on the phone to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and that he hopes a positive development results from talks between North Korea and South Korea.
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