Kim Jong Un's 'beautiful' letter to Trump contained no details on way forward, source says

By Kylie Atwood, CNN

Updated 11:16 AM ET, Wed June 12, 2019

Washington (CNN)A "beautiful" letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un touted by President Donald Trump on Tuesday lacked substance and did not contain any details on a way forward for the stalled denuclearization talks between the two countries, according to a source familiar with its contents.

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of Trump and Kim Jong Un's first meeting in Singapore, Trump told reporters, "I just received a beautiful letter from Kim Jong Un ... I appreciated the letter." Trump said he received the letter from Kim on Monday, the first since the February summit in Hanoi, which both leaders left empty-handed.

After months of stalled diplomacy Trump declared that North Korea was "not ready to negotiate" last month, but Monday's letter appeared to prompt him to take a more optimistic stance on the possibility of future talks.

"We have a very good relationship together," Trump said of Kim as he stood outside the White House on Tuesday. "Now I can confirm it because of the letter I got yesterday, and I think something will happen that's going to be very positive. But in the meantime, we have our hostages back, the remains keep coming back, we have a relationship."
Trump's reaction was not out of the ordinary and the President has previously described notes from the North Korean dictator as "love letters." But in the past they have served as vehicles to plan -- or cancel -- summits between the two leaders.

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