1 outlets · filed 30 September 2026
Trump calls Kim Jong Un a ‘friend’ and plays down N Korea’s nuclear arsenal
US president's comments came after he was asked why North Korea can have nuclear weapons when Iran cannot.
What the coverage shows
Reuters and Al Jazeera both foreground Trump’s friendly language toward Kim Jong Un and his downplaying of North Korea’s nuclear capabilities. Reuters gives the fuller emphasis, with one item centering the nuclear issue and another adding Seoul’s estimate of 80 to 120 warheads; Al Jazeera instead highlights the question that prompted the comment, saying in its extract that he was asked why North Korea can have nuclear weapons when Iran cannot.
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