An upbeat President Donald Trump declared today that the North Korea no longer poses a nuclear threat to the US following his landmark summit with Kim Jong-un, even though the meeting produced no verifiable proof that Pyongyang will dismantle its nuclear programme.
In a series of tweets, Trump sought to take political credit for the summit but risked undermining the US strategy in the region.
"Just landed - a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office," Trump tweeted as he arrived back in Washington.
Trump also said that his meeting with Kim was an "interesting and very positive experience" and that "North Korea has great potential for the future!"
Trump also said in a separate tweet that North Korea is "no longer" the US' "biggest and most dangerous problem," telling Americans and the rest of the world they can "sleep well tonight!"
After returning to the White House, Trump also defended his decision to halt the joint military exercises with South Korea, which he called "war games" -- a term used by Pyongyang -- arguing on Twitter that the US will "save a fortune."
"There is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea," he maintained. "President Obama said that North Korea was our biggest and most dangerous problem. No longer - sleep well tonight!"
After nearly five hours of unprecedented talks between Trump and Kim yesterday, the two leaders signed a document in which Kim "reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula" and the US agreed to "provide security guarantees."
Trump left the discussions assured that Kim would begin dismantling his country's missile sites in the immediate future, telling ABC News that Kim "trusts me, and I trust him."
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