Melania Trump, US First Lady, has t met rth Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, White House clarified in a statement. White House clarificiation came after US President Donald Trump had said that his wife had  “gotten to kw”  rth Korean leader. Trump's comment almost immediately sparked speculations on wher Melania Trump had individual-level interactions with Jong Un. White House also clarified that Melania Trump was absent in all three meetings between US President and rth Korean leader. 

White House clears air on Trump’s statement on Melania-Kim 

Several hours later after US President and Melania Trump flew back to Washington after attending weekend G-7 Summit with world leaders in Biarritz, France,  US press secretary Stephanie Grisham issued a statement on matter. statement was made with purpose for clearing air on Trump’s comments which gave some impression that Melania Trump had met Jong Un personally. In  statement to press, Grisham said that President Trump confides in his wife on many sensitive issues including detailed elements of his strong relations with rth Korean leader, Kim Jong Un. Grisham also added that despite fact that Melania and Kim have never personally met, first lady still kws a lot about him given information passed on to her by her husband. 

"President Trump confides in his wife on many issues including detailed elements of his strong relationship with Chairman Kim. And while First Lady (Melania Trump) hasn’t met him, President (Donald Trump) feels like she’s gotten to kw him too,” Grisham, on behalf of White House, said to clear air.

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What's was Trump's comment that sparked speculations?  

controversy is stemmed to G-7 Summit when Trump was posed a question on Iran. In his reply, Trump segwayed into White House's present relations with rth Korea and Kim Jong Un specifically. Trump said that during his time in White House he had gotten to kw Kim Jong Un "extremely well". US President went on to lclaim that his wife Melania Trump would agree that rth Korean leader led a country which, he believed, had great scope and potential. 

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“I also say that, by way, with respect to rth Korea, Kim Jong Un — who I’ve gotten to kw extremely well; first lady had gotten to kw Kim Jong Un, and I think she’d agree with me — he is a man with a country that has tremendous potential,”  Trump said in France. 

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Trump’s equation with Kim  

Trump has frequently shown his appreciation for Kim Jong Un leadership, despite controversies surrounding his dictatorial style. Trump and Jong-Un have met on multiple occasions, first of which came in historic Singapore meet in June 2018. At time, Trump had reportedly said that Melania Trump was to accompany him for big meeting but could t given certain health reasons. US President met rth Korean leader earlier this year, in talks which surrounded discussion of nuclear issues, but fell through without any concrete deal between two nations.   latest meeting between Trump and Jong Un came in June this year at demilitarized zone between rth and South Korea. While US President's daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, accompanied him on visit and also briefly crossed into rth Korea, Melania Trump was t present.  

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(With inputs from AP)