Trump admits he has not read a letter from Kim Jong-un right after saying it was ‘very nice’

The letter was delivered by a top official from North Korea

Just after President Donald Trump received a letter delivered by a top aide to the leader of North Korea to the White House, the commander-in-chief said that the letter was “very nice” — then admitted he had not actually read it.

“This was a meeting where a letter was given to me by Kim Jong-un, and that letter was a very nice letter — oh would you like to see what was in that letter,” Mr Trump said.

Reporters gamely asked what was actually in the letter, while Mr Trump egged them on, saying “How much? How much?”

But, later, Mr Trump admitted that he could not actually tell the reporters what was in it.

“I haven’t seen i yet,” Mr Trump said.

The meeting, with North Korea’s Kim Yong Choi, comes before an anticipated meeting between Mr Trump and his North Korean counterpart, Mr Kim, which would mark a historic summit between the two countries.

Whether that meeting will actually take place is not altogether certain, however.

Mr Trump announced that he planned on cancelling the summit last month, saying that the North Koreans had acted disrespectfully to the United States but leaving the door open just a bit for the negotiations to be saved.

Since then, the two sides have appeared to make headway on a possible meeting, though the process has been shrouded in secrecy and it remains unclear that the two sides will be able to reach a consensus on the specific terms of the talks.

Mr Trump has also said that the talks will definitely take place.