WATCH: In an extraordinary -- possibly unprecedented -- moment, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un responds to a question from a foreign journalist in Hanoi.
."We don’t want the testing. And we’ve developed something very special with respect to that."
Kim said during his opening remarks in Hanoi that skeptics of the relationship would be watching closely and see the two leaders"side by side as if they're watching a fancy movie." Kim and Trump had a one-on-one session in the morning, followed by a meeting with a larger group of officials from both sides. But everything fell apart around the lunch hour.The two leaders had a number of other issues to discuss, including a possible declaration of the end of the nearly 70-year-old Korean War, the eventual removal of U.S.
Before the summit's unexpected ending, Kim was asked whether he was confident he could strike a deal with Trump.Trump said he was willing to take his time — a necessity, it appears, if he is going to eventually persuade Kim to disarm.F. Brinley Bruton and Jason Cumming reported from London.Jonathan Allen is a Washington-based national political reporter for NBC News who focuses on the presidency.F. Brinley Bruton is a London-based senior editor for NBC News Digital.
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