He had known plenty of people who had grown up wealthy and whose families were powerful, Trump told Kim Jong Un, the despotic North Korean dictator whose father and grandfather held the same role. Of course, Kim rules North Korea with an iron fist and a disregard for human rights . "It's a very interesting thing to say, but I've developed a very, very good relationship," Trump told the nation's governors on Sunday evening before departing for Hanoi. 01:58Thirty years apart in age and separated by decades of enmity between the US and North Korea, Trump and Kim have forged a bond built on mutual displays of effusive praise. North Korea experts worry that behind closed doors Trump may have promised even more, like eventually pulling US troops out of South Korea in full.

Source: CNN February 26, 2019 16:31 UTC