Trump said on August 19 that he plans to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, publicly stating that Pyongyang possesses 57 « very powerful » nuclear weapons. The claim puts a specific number on one of the most closely guarded military secrets in the world, a figure close to independent estimates (SIPRI: roughly 60 warheads as of June 2026). This would be the fourth meeting between the two leaders, after three summits in 2018 and 2019 that failed to produce verifiable denuclearization. Pyongyang denies any direct communication with Washington, while the United States has been reducing joint military exercises with South Korea.
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