In a new book by journalist Bob Woodward

Spinning diplomatic messages that Trump exchanged with the North Korean leader

Trump and Kim shake hands before their meeting in Hanoi 2019

Veteran American journalist, Bob Woodward, in his new book "Anger" presented a wonderful window into one of the strangest diplomatic relations in the 21st century between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as Woodward managed to obtain 25 diplomatic letters of flirtation. Trump and Kim exchanged them, and CNN obtained two copies of these messages.

Trump described these letters as “love letters,” and Woodward commented that they reflected “diplomatic flirtation” that conveyed Trump from mocking Kim as a “little missile man” and threatening him with “fire and anger”, to the first US president in office to meet with a North Korean leader.

Woodward wrote that these extraordinary messages are full of "declarations of personal loyalty that the Knights of the Round Table might utter, or perhaps the suitors."

He addressed Kim in his letters to Trump with the title "Your Excellency," and his messages were peppered with flowery prose.

Kim wrote to Trump on December 25, 2018, after their first meeting in Singapore, “Until now I cannot forget that historic moment, in which I was firmly holding the hand of your happiness in the beautiful and sacred site, where the whole world watched with great interest that moment, and I hope he regains the honor of that Today".

Kim added that another meeting "between me and your Excellency would remind me of a scene from the love movie."

Trump's responses were clearer, but nonetheless full of flattery. Trump wrote to Kim on December 28 of the same year, “I have no doubt that someone like you can make a great return for our two countries, and that the only two leaders who can do that are you and me.” .

Trump sent out two tweets with the content of two of the 27 messages, but the other 25 messages have never been seen before.

Woodward was able to see all of the messages, but he did not obtain copies of them, so he recorded the transcripts of their contents into his book's voice recorder.

A moment of glory

After meeting Monday in June 2019, Kim wrote, "Every minute we shared 103 days ago in Hanoi, it was also a moment of glory and it will remain a precious memory for us."

"I also believe that our deep and special friendship will act as a magic power," he added.

In a letter he sent to Kim in June 2019, before proposing to him on Twitter that they meet in the DMZ, Trump wrote, "You and I have a unique style and special friendship."

"We can work together to solve the problems between our two countries, end nearly 70 years of hostility, and pave the way for an era of prosperity for the Korean Peninsula that exceeds all our great expectations, and you will lead the way," Trump concluded his message, "It will be a historic era."

I am really very upset

After the demilitarized zone meeting, Trump wrote to Kim on June 30, "My meeting with you today was really wonderful," and attached a copy of the New York Times front page from that day bearing this news.

Two days later, Trump wrote to Kim again, sending him 22 photos from their meeting.

Trump commented, "These photos are wonderful memories for me, and they express the unique friendship that united you and me."

Kim responded a month later, but this time with a new tone, which Woodward described as "the tone of a frustrated friend or lover."

Kim was annoyed that the military exercises between the United States and South Korea had not stopped completely.

Kim wrote, "It is clear that I feel offended and do not want to hide this feeling from you, I am really very upset." "Your Excellency, I am very proud and honored that we have a relationship that makes me share such candid thoughts with you."

• After the demilitarized zone meeting, Trump wrote to Kim, "My meeting with you today was really wonderful," and he cited the "New York Times" that carried this news.

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