„I‘d be surprised if North Korea acted hostilely,“ Trump was quoted as telling reporters at the White House. „He knows I have an election coming up. I don‘t think he wants to interfere with that. But we‘ll have to see.“

The remark came as the North has increased pressure on the United States to meet its demand for a new negotiating proposal by year‘s end, strongly suggesting that otherwise, it could restart testing of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).