Trump touts 'Great relationship' with Kim Jong Un ahead of their Vietnam summit

 Scooters pass a banner announcing the forthcoming summit between North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and U.S President Donald Trump, on February 24, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(Image credit: Carl Court/Getty Images)

President Trump in a series of tweets Sunday touted his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ahead of their summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, this coming week. Trump also reiterated his Friday enthusiasm for progress in trade talks with Beijing, thanked Russia and China for their support in dealing with North Korea, and praised Kim's political savvy:

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.