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President Trump expressed positive opinions about the third North American summit. I'm not sure if it will help my re-election or it will help the Korean Peninsula, but if it helps, I will do it. On the same day, US Secretary of Defense Esper also put pressure on North Korea as a bad nation.

In Washington, Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung reports.

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interview with American Gray TV, US President Trump replied to the question of the possibility of the third North American summit, "If it could help, I will do it."

When asked if the 3rd North American summit would help, he said, "probably."

In a situation in which US Secretary of State Stephen Vaughn visited Korea, President Trump reaffirmed his willingness to top-down diplomacy in North America.

Secretary of Defense Esper said North Korea, along with Iran, is a poor country, and cited its achievements as a deterrent to acts of deterrence.

[Esper /美Defense Minister: North Korea, Iran, such rogue states as well as a similar kind in China, has been forced these aggressive activities Russians who have perpetrated]

the Pentagon statement the via North Korea of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs, the full range of Urged us to take clear steps to achieve a complete, verifiable and irreversible revocation of our CVID and return to the negotiating table.

The poor countries and CVIDs are all expressions of North Korea's extremely disapproval, with the intention of using both pressure and warning while confirming the will of the dialogue.