[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°Yes, thank you very much. Maximum pressure is absolutely in effect. We don¡¯t use the term anymore because we¡¯re going into a friendly negotiation. Perhaps after that negotiation, I will be using it again. You¡¯ll know how well we do with the negotiation. If you hear me saying ¡®We¡¯re going to use maximum pressure,¡¯ you¡¯ll know the negotiation did not do well, frankly.¡±
[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°We have a list of over 300, massive in some cases, sanctions to put on North Korea, and I¡¯ve decided to hold that until we can make a deal, because I really believe there¡¯s a potential to make a deal and I just don¡¯t think it¡¯s nice going in under those circumstances.¡±
[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°But yes campaign hasn¡¯t changed, China has continued to hold the border. Again we would like them to do more in that sense, but they have been really good, the president has been really good¡¦Maximum sanctions are there and we are leaving all of the existing sanctions on. We have many many sanctions to go but I don¡¯t want to use them unless necessary. And I don¡¯t think it will be necessary but we will soon know.¡±
[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°All I can say is that I am totally prepared to walk away. I did it once before. You have to be able to walk away. If you are not going to be able to walk away, we didn¡¯t walk away from the horrible Iran deal that was signed. And if you look at what has happened¡±
[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°It could happen, maybe it won¡¯t be necessary. I hope it won¡¯t be necessary to walk, because I really believe that KJU wants to do something that is great for his people, and also great for his family and great for himself.¡±
[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°I hope the upcoming meeting in Singapore represents the beginning of a bright new future for North Korea, and indeed a bright new future for the world. The denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula would usher in a new era of prosperity and peace for all Koreans, North and South, and for people everywhere.¡±
[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°I think that we are going to have a great success. I don¡¯t think it will be in one meeting, it will take longer than that. This has been going on for many many decades. This should have been solved by other presidents as I have said often before long before this point. They waited for the last second.¡±
[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°Well it could be. We could sign an agreement as you know that would be a first step. It is what happen after the agreement that really is the big point. But we could absolutely sign an agreement, we are looking at it, we are talking about it with them, we are talking about it with lots of other people. That could happen, but that is really the beginning. It sounds little bit strange but that is probably the easy part, the hard part remains after that.¡±
[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°Normalizing relations is something I would expect to do, I would hope to do whenever things complete. We would certainly hope to do that. I know that Prime Minister Abe and President Moon have told me very strongly that they are going to and they¡¯re going to help them economically, tremendously. Japan has a tremendous stake, and so do they. We on the other hand are very far away. We¡¯re very very far away.¡±
[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°Well, the letter was just a greeting. It was really very nice. Perhaps I can get approval to put it out. It was really a warm letter, a very nice letter, I appreciated it very much. And nothing other than we look forward to seeing you and we look forward to the summit. And hopefully some wonderful things will work out. So it was really very warm, very nice, we appreciated it.¡±
[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°Well the answer is yes to the second part of your question, but certainly if it goes well. And I think it will be well received and I think he would look at if very favorably. So I think that could happen.¡±
[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°This will be a minimum we will start with perhaps good relationship and that is something that is very important toward deal, making deal. I would love to see it happen in one deal, maybe they can, they have to de-nuke, if they don¡¯t denuclearize that will not be acceptable. We can¡¯t take sanctions off. Sanctions are extraordinarily powerful. And I could add a lot more but I don¡¯t¡¦ I chose not to do that this time, but that may happen.¡±
[³ìÃë: Æ®·³ÇÁ ´ëÅë·É] ¡°For our meeting next week is going to be a very fruitful meeting. I think it is going to be exciting meeting, I think we are going to get to know a lot of people that our country never got to know. This is something that should have been handled many years ago by other presidents. It shouldn¡¯t have been handled now. It should have been handled years ago, but it is being handled right now, and I am taking care of it.¡±