Trump says human rights ‘was discussed’ with Kim

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US President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference following the historic US-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed their historic summit on June 12 as a breakthrough in relations between Cold War foes, but the agreement they produced was short on details about the key issue of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

US President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference following the historic US-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

SINGAPORE — US President Donald Trump said he had raised the issue of human rights with Kim Jong Un when he met the North Korean leader earlier Tuesday.

“We did discuss it today, strongly” Trump said at a post-summit press conference in Singapore. “We will be doing something on it. It’s rough. It’s rough in a lot of places, by the way,” he added.