Published 08:03 IST, September 11th 2020

Trump faces new storms as Woodward's book claims Kim Jong told him about killing his uncle

Excerpts from journalist Bob Woodward's book “Rage” have revealed that the North Korean leader told US President Donald Trump about killing his uncle

Reported by: Shubham Bose
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In recent excerpts from journalist Bob Woodward's book “R”, describes how rth Korea's Kim Jong Un spoke to US President Donald Trump about having his uncle killed among or things during ir joint summit in 2018 in Singapore. Or aspects that were discussed in excerpts were racial unrest in United States as well as a secret new weapon that or world powers did t have information about.

Kim 'tells me everything': Trump

All excerpts released from book are based on 18 interviews that Woodward conducted with Donald Trump between December 2019 and July 2020. In sections that spoke about rth Korea, Woodward wrote about how Donald Trump was thoroughly impressed by rth Korean leader and claimed Kim to be ‘beyond smart’. Trump added that during Singapore summit of 2018 rth Korean leader described to him in graphic detail about how he had his uncle killed because Kim tells him ‘everything’.

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On subject of nuclear weapons, trump stated that CIA was clueless when it came to dealing with rth Korea and that intelligence report that claimed that rth Korea would never give up its nuclear arsenal was wrong. Trump also defended his three meetings with rth Koran leader against critics who claim that by meeting Kim, Trump provided his regime recognition and legitimacy. However, on  contrary, Trump stated that meeting rth Korean dictator cost him thing.

In furr excerpts of book, Trump stated that he stood ‘for law and order’. When pressed by Woodward trump claimed that before coronavirus pandemic devastated America unemployment among African Americans had actually started to go down. While speaking about his new mystery weapon, trump claimed to have built a new nuclear weapon that had t been possessed by America before and that America contained in its military arsenal weapons that Russia and China have never even heard off.

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08:03 IST, September 11th 2020