text: U. S. President Donald Trump gestures toward the meeting site with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (Associated Press) 
   
   SINGAPORE (AP) — The Latest on the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump in Singapore (all times local): 
   
   9:55 a.m. 
   
   President Donald Trump says that his one-on-one meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was "very, very good" and that the two have an "excellent relationship." 
   
   Trump and Kim met for about 40 minutes Tuesday one-on-one, joined only by interpreters. 
   
   Trump made the comments as he and Kim walked together along balcony as they headed to a larger meeting with aides. 
   
   Trump was flanked in the larger meeting by chief of staff John Kelly, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton. They sat across the table from Kim and his team. 
   
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   9:20 a.m. 
   
   President Donald Trump is predicting that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will have "a terrific relationship" as they meet face to face for the first time. 
   
   Trump said Tuesday after meeting Kim that he's feeling "really great." He says, "We're going to have a great discussion and a terrific relationship." 
   
   Kim says through an interpreter that it "was not easy to get here" and that there "were obstacles but we overcame them to be here." 
   
   The two men are expected to meet on their own for the better part of an hour, with only a pair of interpreters in the room. 
   
   That decision has raised concerns about the risk of holding such a monumental meeting with barely anyone to bear witness. 
   
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   9:05 a.m. 
   
   President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are sharing a historic handshake as they meet for the first time. 
   
   The two clasped hands for a long while Tuesday as they posed for photos in front of a row of U.S. and North Korean flags. Trump then directed Kim to walk down a hallway, where they briefly spoke. 
   
   It's the first ever meeting between a sitting U.S. president and North Korean leader. 
   
   Trump and Kim arrived not long ago on Singapore's Sentosa Island, the site of their unprecedented summit. It's aimed at settling a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal. 
   
   The two will huddle alone for roughly 45 minutes before being joined by aides for a larger meeting and working lunch. 
   
   Trump has said he'll know within minutes whether a deal can be made. 
   
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   8:35 a.m. 
   
   North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived at Singapore's Sentosa Island, where he'll be meeting shortly face-to-face with President Donald Trump. 
   
   The two men are expected to share a handshake before they meet alone with a pair of interpreters for roughly 45 minutes while their entourages wait nearby. 
   
   After the intimate huddle, they're scheduled to hold a larger meeting and working lunch. Trump's chief of staff, national security adviser and secretary of state are among those expected to join. 
   
   The meeting is the first sit-down between a sitting U.S. president and North Korean leader and is meant to settle a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program. 
   
   Trump earlier defended his decision to meet with Kim, tweeting that North Korea has already released three detainees and that missile tests have halted. 
   
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   8:20 a.m. 
   
   President Donald Trump has arrived on Singapore's Sentosa Island for his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 
   
   Trump's motorcade pulled into the grounds of the Capella Hotel at 8:13 a.m. Tuesday local time. 
   
   He is scheduled to meet Kim for the first time at 9 a.m. 
   
   Kim is also en route to Sentosa Island for the meeting to discuss the fate of his country's nuclear weapons arsenal. 
   
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   8:15 a.m. 
   
   Kim Jong Un's entourage has left for the luxury Singapore island resort where the North Korean leader will meet with President Donald Trump. 
   
   Kim's black armored limousine with two large North Korean flags was surrounded Tuesday by police vehicles, their lights flashing, and other black cars. 
   
   There's excitement surrounding the summit but also skepticism that the North will relinquish a nuclear weapons program it spent decades building despite crushing sanctions. 
   
   Kim and Trump are scheduled to meet alone, with their interpreters, after greeting each other at the resort. 
   
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   7:50 a.m. 
   
   North Korea's state media has reported on Kim Jong Un's late-night tour of Singapore with unusual speed. 
   
   Pyongyang's official Rodong Sinmun on Tuesday filled its front page with photos of his visits to Singapore's landmarks, including the Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay and the Marina Bay Sands resort. 
   
   The North's Korean Central News Agency quoted Kim as saying that Singapore is "clean and beautiful and every building is stylish" and that he will learn "a lot from the good knowledge and experience of Singapore in various fields in the future." 
   
   It's rare that security-obsessed North Korea reports on Kim's activities within hours. When Kim visited China for meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in March and May, state media didn't report on the trips until after he returned home. 
   
   Some experts say North Korea is trying to keep up with the speed of the Western media in Singapore. 
   
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   7:05 a.m. 
   
   President Donald Trump is sitting down with Fox News host Sean Hannity after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 
   
   Fox News says the interview will take place Tuesday at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island in Singapore. Trump and Kim are set to meet on Sentosa Island on Tuesday morning for roughly 45 minutes while their entourages wait nearby. 
   
   The interview is set to air on Fox's "Hannity" at 9 p.m. Tuesday on the U.S. East Coast, which is 9 a.m. Wednesday in Singapore. 
   
   Fox News says Trump will talk about the meeting with Kim and future relations between the two countries. 
   
   Hannity is a friend and confidant of the president and speaks out in support of Trump on his show. 
   
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   6:20 a.m. 
   
   President Donald Trump says the "haters & losers" are complaining that his meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un is a "major loss," but he notes that the U.S. has gotten its three captives returned and that the North's nuclear missile launches have stopped. 
   
   Trump tweeted early Tuesday from Singapore, just hours before his face-to-face with Kim. 
   
   He says, "The fact that I am having a meeting is a major loss for the U.S., say the haters & losers." But he says "our hostages" are back home and testing, research and launches have stopped. 
   
   He says, "These pundits, who have called me wrong from the beginning, have nothing else they can say!" 
   
   Critics have argued that Kim has notched a win by getting a sit-down with the U.S. president. 
   
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   5:30 a.m. 
   
   President Donald Trump says "we will all know soon" whether he can reach a deal with North Korea's Kim Jong Un to end its nuclear program. 
   
   Trump is tweeting hours before the leaders' historic face-to-face that, "Meetings between staffs and representatives are going well and quickly." 
   
   But he says that, "in the end, that doesn't matter. We will all know soon whether or not a real deal, unlike those of the past, can happen!" 
   
   Before leaving Washington for Singapore, Trump said his gut instincts will guide him when he gets into the room with Kim. 
   
   He told reporters he'll know almost immediately whether a deal can be made, saying: "I will know, just my touch, my feel. That's what I do." 
   
   Their meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. Singapore time. 
   
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   4 a.m. 
   
   Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the U.S. has picked up no indications that North Korea's military is in a heightened state of alert in the run-up to the Singapore summit. 
   
   Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon on Monday that "All's quiet" in North Korea. 
   
   Mattis is declining to discuss his expectations for President Donald Trump's meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. 
   
   He says he does not expect it to include a negotiation over reducing the number of U.S. troops in South Korea — currently about 28,000. He says that, at least initially, this is a matter between Washington and Seoul. 
   
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   1:45 a.m. 
   
   For better part of an hour, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will square off one on one, alone but for a pair of translators. That's raising concerns about the risk of holding such a monumental meeting with barely anyone to bear witness. 
   
   Trump and Kim will meet on Singapore's Sentosa Island for roughly 45 minutes while their entourages wait nearby. 
   
   The huddle will come before a larger meeting and a working lunch attended by top advisers to the president and their North Korean counterparts. 
   
   Word of the private meeting unleashed a torrent of criticism on social media from national security veterans who worry the lack of a transcript will create a he-said-he-said showdown that could turn into a major headache for Trump. 
   
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   12:40 a.m. 
   
   Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has arrived in Singapore, hours before President Donald Trump is set to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first time. 
   
   Rodman emerged from the baggage claim area at Changi airport around midnight Monday. He told reporters he wasn't sure if he would meet Kim in Singapore. 
   
   Last week, Rodman said he would "give whatever support is needed" to his "friends" Trump and Kim. 
   
   White House officials have said Rodman will play no official role in the diplomatic negotiations. Trump said last week that Rodman had not been invited to the summit. 
   
   He is one of the few westerners to have met the North Korean leader on visits to the capital city Pyongyang. 
   
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   11:30 p.m. 
   
   United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to seize the opportunity "to support a peaceful, prosperous, secure and verifiably denuclearized Korean Peninsula." 
   
   The U.N. chief is commending the two leaders for pursuing a diplomatic solution and "seeking to break out of the dangerous cycle that created so much concern last year." 
   
   Guterres told reporters Monday ahead of the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore that "peace and verifiable denuclearization must remain the clear and shared goal." 
   
   The secretary-general says he wrote to both leaders last month saying "the road ahead will require cooperation, compromise and a common cause." 
   
   He says the U.N. system "stands ready to support this process in every way, including verification if requested by both parties." 
   
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   11:15 p.m. 
   
   Former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry is warning that if President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fail to reach a deal at their Singapore summit, there's an increased danger for a "catastrophic" military solution. 
   
   Perry says, "If it falls apart, it's probably worse than as if we ever started." 
   
   Perry says he's hopeful the two leaders will discuss normalization of ties as well as denuclearization to improve the prospect for long-term success of any deal. 
   
   He spoke Monday to The Associated Press at a Luxembourg Forum Conference on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe event in Geneva. 
   
   Perry also served as President Bill Clinton's special envoy to North Korea and traveled there in 1999 to discuss its nuclear and missile programs. 
   
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   11 p.m. 
   
   The White House says President Donald Trump plans to visit U.S. military bases in Guam and Hawaii on the return from his historic summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. 
   
   Trump is expected to depart Singapore on Tuesday night after his meeting with Kim on Sentosa Island. Before leaving Singapore, the president is scheduled to address the media. 
   
   The White House says the president will stop at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Tuesday and also travel to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii later in the day. 
   
   The president visited the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor last November on his way to Asia. 
   
   Trump is expected to return to the White House on Wednesday morning. 
   
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   10:30 p.m. 
   
   France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (le dree-AHN) says he will be the first one to applaud U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un if they reach a deal on nuclear weapons disarmament of the Korean Peninsula. 
   
   Le Drian says that "everything that has to do with disarmament is positive." 
   
   The French foreign minister met Monday with his Swedish counterpart Margot Wallstrom in Stockholm. Le Drian cautions "we have been enthusiastic before and it has led to failures." 
   
   Wallstrom hosted talks in March with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho in Stockholm. She says one should be prepared for both "a fruitful meeting and a failure." 
   
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   9:55 p.m. 
   
   North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is out of his luxurious hotel for a late-night city tour hours ahead of his summit with President Donald Trump. 
   
   Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (Bal-a-krish-nan) says Kim went to the Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore on Monday night. 
   
   The foreign minister posted a photo showing him with Kim at the place on Facebook. 
   
   South Korean media says Kim went there with his sister Kim Yo Jong and other top deputies. 
   
   Kim is meeting Trump on Tuesday for a historic summit aimed at discussing the future of his nuclear program. 
   
   It would be the first summit between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader. 
   
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   8:20 p.m. 
   
   The White House says in a statement ahead of President Donald Trump's historic summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un that the talks with North Korea are moving "more quickly than expected." The White House says Trump now plans to depart Singapore on Tuesday evening ahead of schedule. 
   
   The White House says Trump will address the media on Tuesday following his summit with Kim and depart Singapore at approximately 8 p.m. local time for the United States. The president had been expected to leave Singapore on Wednesday morning. 
   
   Trump is set to meet with Kim in Singapore on Tuesday morning. 
   
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   7:30 p.m. 
   
   Seoul says President Donald Trump talked with South Korean President Moon Jae-in (jah-YIHN') about his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and expressed optimism for a diplomatic breakthrough. 
   
   South Korea's presidential office says Trump filled Moon on the details of the pre-summit negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang. The Blue House didn't elaborate on what Moon was told during the 40 minute telephone call. 
   
   The Blue House says Moon told him South Koreans will be praying for a "miraculous result." 
   
   Moon said earlier he hopes the summit will be a "historic milestone" for peace but it will only be the first step in a complex and lengthy process. Moon says the hostility "cannot be solved at once by a single meeting between the leaders." 
   
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   6:25 p.m. 
   
   Iran says North Korea should be wary of negotiating with President Donald Trump following his withdrawal from the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement. 
   
   Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said Monday that North Korea should approach this week's summit with Trump with "awareness." He says Iran views Trump and the United States with "great pessimism," saying they are known for "quitting treaties and violating their commitments." 
   
   Trump withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which the Obama administration had reached with Iran, Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia. The agreement required Iran to curb its uranium enrichment in exchange for relief from international sanctions. 
   
   Trump has announced the restoration of U.S. sanctions, while European leaders are trying to preserve the deal. 
   
   The U.S. president is set to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday. 
   
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   6:15 p.m. 
   
   President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to return to Singapore for a state visit this fall. 
   
   That's according to Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
   
   Trump is expected to travel to Asia in November in conjunction with a pair of regional summits. 
   
   The White House did not immediately respond to questions about the president's fall plans. 
   
   A White House read-out of Trump's meetings with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (lee haz-ee-en lahng) Monday did not include mention of a state visit. 
   
   Singapore will be hosting Trump's summit Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 
   
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   6 p.m. 
   
   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States is prepared to take actions to provide North Korea with "sufficient certainty" that denuclearization "is not something that ends badly for them." 
   
   Pompeo is briefing reporters in Singapore ahead of President Donald Trump's summit Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He says the U.S. is prepared to show North Korea that rather than denuclearization posing a threat to North Korea, it's "the opposite." 
   
   Pompeo won't say whether Trump would consider withdrawing U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula. 
   
   Pompeo says that U.S. sanctions on the North will remain in place until the North denuclearizes. But he says if diplomacy fails to move in the right direction, the sanctions "will increase." 
   
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   5:50 p.m. 
   
   President Donald Trump called the leaders of South Korea and Japan Monday ahead of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 
   
   That's according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is briefing reporters in Singapore. He says Trump spoke by phone with the two U.S. allies as preparatory talks continue between American and North Korean officials ahead of the leader sit-down Tuesday morning. 
   
   Pompeo says there is "enormous potential" for the summit, but lowered expectations that the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula will happen after one meeting. He says: "We are hopeful the summit will have set the conditions for future productive talks." 
   
   Pompeo also says Tuesday's meeting presents a test of Kim's willingness to agree to deal his nuclear weapons away for "protections" from the United States. ||||| CLOSE President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands as they meet for the first time in Singapore. USA TODAY 
   
   North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump exchanged signed documents at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (Photo: Evan Vucci, AP) 
   
   SINGAPORE — After more than a half-century of hostility between their two countries, President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a document Tuesday pledging "to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," but provided few details of how that might work. 
   
   “We’re starting that process very quickly," Trump said during a brief signing ceremony, again providing few specifics following a day of ceremony and bonhomie with his former rival Kim. 
   
   The statement of renewed U.S.-North Korean cooperation capped a four-hour-plus summit in which Trump and Kim had nothing but nice things to say about each other as they finally came face-to-face. The summit comes less than a year after the pair threatened each other with nuclear annihilation. 
   
   Throughout the day, Kim refused to answer questions about whether he would be willing to give up nuclear weapons in exchange for economic assistance. 
   
   Still, Trump claimed success by saying that "we had a really fantastic meeting" at a resort hotel that went "better than anybody could have expected, top of the line, really good." 
   
   The summit provided extraordinary pictures and surreal moments involving old enemies. Trump said that he and the North Korea leader he once denounced as "Little Rocket Man" had "developed a very special bond." 
   
   For his part, Kim said he and Trump have "decided to leave the past behind." 
   
   
   
   The joint statement said that Trump "committed to provide security guarantees" to the North Korean government, while Kim "reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." 
   
   It did not define "security guarantees," nor what "complete denuclearization" entails. In the past, North Korea has said it would include a withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea and a pullback of the U.S. nuclear umbrella that covers the Korean region. 
   
   Similar agreements in the past have not lasted. 
   
   The statement also pledged new U.S.-North Korean relations "in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity," and joint efforts to recover POW/MIA remains from the Korean War of more than six decades ago. 
   
   Throughout the day, Trump and Kim staged frequent photo opportunities that showed them getting along. At one point during a post-lunch stroll on the hotel grounds, Trump showed Kim the interior of the presidential limousine known as "The Beast." 
   
   Trump also said he would "absolutely" invite Kim to the White House. 
   
   Critics said all the pomp and ceremony — American and North Korean flags stood side-by-side to form the backdrops for many of the photo opps — lent too much prestige to Kim, a dictator who imprisons and murders his opponents, all while pursuing long-range nuclear weapons. 
   
   At the start of the summit, the two leaders shook hands on a red carpet in front of the island resort hotel chosen for the meeting. 
   
   At one point, reporters overheard a translator, apparently interpreting Kim's words, as saying that "many people in the world will think of this as a ... form of fantasy ... from a science fiction movie.” 
   
   It was a day of pleasantries, but little public substance. 
   
   After an initial one-on-one meeting with the North Korean leader, Trump said that things were "very, very good — excellent relationship." Later, at a bilateral meeting with aides from both sides, Trump said, "Mr. Chairman, it's a great honor to be with you, and I know that we will have tremendous success together." 
   
   Trump also took a familiar jab at the press during the summit. 
   
   As reporters yelled questions during the photo op, Trump told Kim, "The press, they never stop." Later, during a working lunch, Trump asked photographers for good pictures "so we look nice and handsome and thin." 
   
   CLOSE President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are chatting over a lunch of beef short ribs, sweet and sour crispy pork, and braised codfish. (June 12) AP 
   
   Trump and Kim chatted amiably out of earshot as they walked into the building for the private meeting that preceded a full bilateral conference that included aides and advisers. 
   
   During a pre-summit tweet storm, Trump denounced "haters & losers" who said he should not have granted Kim — an autocrat accused of having political rivals killed — the prestige of a presidential meeting without more North Korean concessions. 
   
   Citing the return of American hostages and a suspension of North Korean nuclear testing, Trump said that "these pundits, who have called me wrong from the beginning, have nothing else they can say! We will be fine!" 
   
   While on his way to meet Kim, Trump also tweeted that White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow had suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized outside Washington, D.C. 
   
   Some critics questioned the pomp surrounding the Singapore summit, saying it unduly elevated North Korea's rogue regime. 
   
   President Trump shakes hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (Photo: Evan Vucci, AP) 
   
   David Rothkopf, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, likened the event to Trump's old reality television show. "But," he added, "'The Apprentice' had more likable characters, more credible plots, and didn't involve the enslavement of 25 million people or prospect of nuclear war." 
   
   Michael McFaul, an ambassador to Russia during the Barack Obama administration, called the summit a victory for North Korea diplomacy. 
   
   "Tomorrow, the entire world will be treating Kim Jong un as a global leader, on stage with the leader of the most powerful country in the world," McFaul tweeted. "Human rights, assassinations abroad, etc. will unlikely be mentioned. That is a tremendous achievement for North Korean diplomacy." 
   
   Trump and aides said they did not expect the summit to generate a comprehensive nuclear deal; they instead looked to set up a process to negotiate an agreement in which North Korea gives up nuclear weapons in exchange for economic assistance from the United States and other countries. 
   
   The two leaders began the meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Singapore time — prime time Monday back in the USA. The summit took place at a resort hotel on Sentosa island, just off the Singapore mainland. 
   
   Meetings between staffs and representatives are going well and quickly....but in the end, that doesn’t matter. We will all know soon whether or not a real deal, unlike those of the past, can happen! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2018 
   
   The fact that I am having a meeting is a major loss for the U.S., say the haters & losers. We have our hostages, testing, research and all missle launches have stoped, and these pundits, who have called me wrong from the beginning, have nothing else they can say! We will be fine! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2018 
   
   Previously, Trump had pledged to rain "fire and fury" on North Korea if it continued to make nuclear threats. This week, the president said he looked forward to getting to know his new negotiating partner. 
   
   Kim and his government are developing missiles that can carry nuclear weapons to the USA and have denounced Trump as a blustery "dotard." 
   
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   Described by his critics as a mini-Stalin, Kim was on something of a charm offensive in Singapore after arriving Sunday. On Monday night, he strolled the downtown area of this trade and finance capital, taking in the sights and posing for selfies with local citizens. 
   
   Many analysts are skeptical that Kim will agree to fully give up nuclear weapons because he sees them as essential to his nation's security and self-identity. 
   
   Although many still predicted that the initial Trump-Kim summit could at least yield an agreement to keep negotiating. 
   
   "Depends on how you define success," said James Goldgeier, a visiting senior fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations. "Both leaders will want to trumpet it as a success, but it seems like this will largely be a photo op both can use for their domestic purposes." 
   
   More: Dennis Rodman on CNN: 'I got so many death threats' after trip to North Korea 
   
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target: – The big moment arrived: President Trump and Kim Jong Un—two leaders who were exchanging military threats and personal insults not too long ago—met face-to-face and shook hands, then had a private meeting of about 40 minutes in Singapore that left Trump predicting big progress on the nuclear issue. "By working together, we will get it taken care of," he said. The initial greeting was a friendly one, with Trump grasping the arm of his fellow world leader during the handshake. (See the video.) "We will have a terrific relationship," Trump told reporters shortly after the greeting, reports USA Today. Kim, for his part, said "it has not been easy to get here," adding that "the old prejudices and practices worked as obstacles, but we have overcome them and we are here today," per the Guardian. After the ceremonial introduction, the two men met with only their interpreters in tow, then walked together along a balcony as they headed to a larger meeting with aides. Trump told reporters from the balcony that the meeting was "very, very good" and predicted he and Kim "will solve a big problem, a big dilemma," reports the AP. It was difficult to hear the two men, but the AP adds that Kim appeared to agree with the optimism. White House officials have been downplaying the idea that a major breakthrough will result from the historic meeting on Sentosa Island. Instead, the big hope is that the summit will lead to a blueprint for negotiators from both countries to follow that would lead to denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. In return, North Korea wants a guarantee from the US that it won't try to overthrow the regime.