Trump Wants To Speak to North Korea’s KimReport [Video]

President-elect Donald Trump‘s team is discussing the possibility of resuming direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in hopes of easing tensions, according to a new report.

Trump’s summits with Kim in Singapore and Vietnam produced a joint statement committing to denuclearization, though no significant breakthroughs were achieved. Their third meeting made history as Trump became the first U.S. president to step onto North Korean soil.

Trump has spoken fondly of the “beautiful letters” Kim wrote to him after their first meeting and, during this year’s campaign, said he could rein in the North Korean leader’s behavior; the president-elect says Kim “misses” him. Newsweek has reached out to Trump’s team and the North Korean embassy in Beijing for comment.

Reuters cited two sources familiar with the discussions who said some members of Trump’s team support a direct approach amid escalating tensions over North Korea’s nuclear threats; its recent launch of an intercontinental ballistic …