Former US-president Trump offered North Korea’s leader Kim-Jong-Un a ride home in Air Force after the 2019 summit in Vietnam.
A BBC documentary quoted a top Asia expert on Trump’s National Security Council Matthew Pottinger. He reported that Trump knew that Kim had undertaken a long trip in his train through China to Hanoi. So, Trump reportedly told the North Korean leader that “I can get you home in two hours if you want”.
Trump’s offer was reportedly declined by Kim. However, it is not the first time Trump has been denied. During the Singapore 2018 summit, Trump in a friendly gesture had given Kim a glimpse inside his presidential car. Earlier too, the North Korean leader had refused to sit in “The Beast”.
The attempted denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula was the key agenda of Trump. However, it did not materialize as Kim refused to put a timeline. Kim said the US was North Korea’s “biggest enemy” while asserting that US policy against North Korea will never change no matter “who is in power”.