"I never expected to meet you at this place," said Kim to Trump. The US president had organised the last-minute rendezvous on Twitter, as it was then known, just 30 hours earlier when he suggested meeting Chairman Kim at the DMZ "just to shake his hand and say Hello (?

US President Donald Trump said he plans to reach out to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un following his return to the White House. Trump was asked about his plans for Kim during an interview on Thursday and whether he would “reach out”. “I will, yeah. He liked me,” Trump said.

North Korea’s leader has grown more assertive since their last efforts at diplomacy ended in failure — and now has Russia at his side.