US President Donald Trump said Thursday that high-level talks set for next week between North and South Korea are “a good thing,” while also seemingly taking credit for them. “With all of the failed ‘experts’ weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between North and South Korea right now if I wasn’t firm, strong and willing to commit our total ‘might’ against the North,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Fools, but talks are a good thing!”Earlier this week, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, was much more reserved about the talks. “We won’t take any of the talks seriously if they don’t do something to ban all nuclear weapons in North Korea,” she said Tuesday. South Korea is preparing for proposed high-level talks with North Korea next week to discuss “matters of mutual interest,” including the North’s participation in next month’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Source: Punch January 04, 2018 12:22 UTC