Donald Trump hails ‘great leader’ Kim Jong-un at Hanoi summit

US president flatters North Korean counterpart and offers economic help if he disarms

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have begun their second summit in Hanoi, with the US president calling his North Korean counterpart “a great leader” and offering to help give his country a “tremendous future”.

The two leaders advanced towards each other and shook hands in front of a dozen US and North Korean flags, set up in the city’s Metropole hotel, in a tableau near-identical to the backdrop to their first meeting, eight months ago in Singapore.

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