Ditching his derisive "Rocket Man" label for North Korea's leader, U.S. President Donald Trump shifted his assessment of Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, calling the dictator — whose country is said to operate a system of gulags — a "very honorable" man.
Ahead of talks with Kim that the American leader said would happen "very soon," Trump told reporters during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House that North Korea had said it wanted to hold the summit "as soon as possible."
Trump said the U.S. had been having "very good discussions with the North" about the planned talks, which could come next month or in June.