U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of "a bold and new push for peace" with nuclear-armed North Korea during his speech before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, in a hint at the direction his administration is heading as he gears up for a second summit with Kim Jong Un.
"With support from many countries here today, we have engaged with North Korea to replace the specter of conflict with a bold and new push for peace," Trump told the body, citing his June meeting in Singapore with the North Korean leader and "a number of encouraging measures" that have emerged — actions that he claimed "few could have imagined only a short time ago."
Trump thanked Kim for his "courage" in taking these steps, but said "much work remains to be done" and maintained that U.S. and international sanctions would remain in place "until denuclearization occurs."