President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to hint that the United States and North Korea would be at war with each other if not for himself and the “good conversations” he claims he has with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
“Many good conversations with North Korea – it is going well! In the meantime, no Rocket Launches or Nuclear Testing in 8 months,” Trump tweeted early on Tuesday morning.
“All of Asia is thrilled. Only the Opposition Party, which includes the Fake News, is complaining. If not for me, we would now be at War with North Korea!”
As noted by the New York Post, the conversations Trump was referring to were the weekend talks that Sung Kim, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, had with North Korean officials in the village of Panmunjom. This marked the first time that officials from the U.S. and North Korean governments met in person since Trump met with Kim in Singapore on June 12.