Trump-Kim Jong Un Meeting Could Happen In November This Year: Report

On 19 August 2026, President Trump said he would meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un later this year; a report put a possible meeting in November. Trump also said North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons and called Kim 'well behaved'.

North Korea said there would be no Trump-Kim talks and that it still sees the US as 'hostile'; it said Kim's ties with Trump were excellent but hostile US policy had not changed, and Kim's sister was 'completely unaware' of communications with Trump. Trump had called for cutting joint drills with South Korea, which North Korea rejected as an empty gesture, and South Korea's president called for military independence.