‘I Wish Him Well If Reports Are True,’ Donald Trump On Kim Jong Un’s Health

The US President Donald Trump on Tuesday wished North Korean leader Kim Jong- Un ‘well’ amid reports of his ill health. Trump did not elaborate further and did not confirm if the US had more knowledge about the latter’s health.

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New Delhi: The US President Donald Trump on Tuesday wished North Korean leader Kim Jong- Un ‘well’ as reports of his ill health have come in. Trump did not elaborate further and did not confirm if the US had more knowledge about the latter’s health. Trump during a press briefing on Tuesday said “These are reports that came out (about his illness), and we don’t know. Though I’ve had a very good relationship with him. I can only say, I wish him well, if he is in the kind of condition that the reports say, then it is a very serious condition," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. Also Watch: US President Trump wishes well for ailing Kim Jong-un On Tuesday it was reported that the US is looking into intelligence that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is "in grave danger after a surgery". According to a report by IANS, South Korean internet news outlet had reported that Kim has been receiving medical treatment at a villa in the resort county of Hyangsan, outside of Pyongyang, following a cardiovascular procedure. This increased speculation since the leader had missed an annual visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the 108th birthday of his late grandfather and state founder Kim Il-sung on April 15. He was last seen on April 11 when he presided over a political bureau meeting of the ruling Workers' Party, calling for "strict national countermeasures to thoroughly check the infiltration of the virus". The North Korean leader Kim Jong- Un is the Supreme leader of North Korea after he took over in 2011 when his father and late leader Kim Jong-il died. Trump has met the North Korean leader in 2018 and 2019. Kim Jong- Un has also recently attempted at diplomacy by meeting Asian leaders to end sanctions and for security guarantees. But the talks have stalemated as the North Korean leader maintained his right to a nuclear arsenal.