“They spoke, and he also spoke with his counterparts in North Korea. They had a great meeting. He then left. It was very, very secret. Very, very quiet," President Donald Trump said of the CIA director's meeting with the North Korean leader. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo Trump says Pompeo wasn't initially supposed to meet with Kim Jong Un 'It was more than hello. They got along,' the president said of the CIA director's meeting with Kim Jong-Un.

President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed more details about CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s clandestine visit to North Korea earlier this month, saying that Pompeo initially wasn’t expected to meet face-to-face with Kim Jong Un.

The president also continued to waffle on whether a historic summit between himself and Kim would take place.


“It was more than hello. They got along,” Trump told the hosts of “Fox & Friends” in a phone interview, referring to the meeting between Pompeo and Kim. “They spoke, and [Pompeo] also spoke with his counterparts in North Korea. They had a great meeting. He then left. It was very, very secret. Very, very quiet.”

"He wasn't supposed to meet with Kim Jong Un, but he did," Trump said.

Trump said Pompeo, who Trump nominated in March to become his secretary of state, met with the North Korean dictator for more than an hour.

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Despite the progress Pompeo made on his stealthy diplomatic mission, Trump refused to commit to a summit with Kim. However, he insisted the North Koreans are still eager for an audience with the American president.

“It could be that I walk out quickly with respect, or could be that the meeting doesn't even take place. Who knows?” Trump said. “But I can tell you right now — they want to meet.”

On Tuesday, during a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in the White House, the president said the prospect of a meeting with North Korea “is a great thing,” but acknowledged his administration has not yet discussed any concessions for a potential summit with Kim, such as the release of three Americans who remain imprisoned in North Korea.

“Maybe good things will happen, and maybe we’re all wasting a lot of time,” Trump said.

Trump on Tuesday also broke with the tough rhetoric previous presidents have used to characterize Kim, instead praising the dictator as a "very open" and "very honorable" negotiator.

"We're having very, very good discussions," Trump said. "Kim Jong Un was — he really has been very open. I think very honorable, from everything we're seeing."

North Korea last week announced it would immediately halt its nuclear and missile testing ahead of the summit, but Trump insisted Tuesday that total denuclearization is the ultimate goal of a meeting with Kim.

“It means they get rid of their nukes,” Trump said when asked what he means by denuclearization. “It’s very simple.”

