Trump thanks North Korea’s Kim for releasing 3 Americans

In this May 3, 2018 photo, people watch a TV news report on screen, showing portraits of three Americans, Kim Dong Chul, left, Tony Kim and Kim Hak Song, right, detained in the North Korea, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. President Donald Trump says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on his way back from North Korea with three American detainees, saying they “seem to be in good health.” (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is thanking North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for releasing three Americans from captivity, saying he believes Kim wants to reach an agreement on denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.

Welcoming the three Americans at a military base outside Washington, Trump says of Kim, “I really think he wants to do something.”

He adds of the talks between his administration and the North Korean government, “It’s never been taken this far.”

Trump says he will not disclose whether he will have any personal conversations with Kim as they prepare for their historic summit in the coming weeks.