North Korea breaks silence on Trump's return, sends message from 'Rocket Man'

Trump-Kim relations aren't dead, says high ranking official Kim Yo Jong — but if denuclearization is on the table, Pyongyang says don’t bother picking up the phone.

Kim Yo Jong opened up about relations with the second Trump administration, calling them "not bad" but warning the U.S. not to try to restart talks centered on getting North Korea to give up its nuclear program. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP, File)

"If the U.S. fails to accept the changed reality and persists in the failed past, the DPRK- U.S. meeting will remain as a ‘hope’ of the U.S. side," Kim Yo Jong said, referring to the nation by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

She said it would be "advisable to seek another way of contact."

Trump held three unprecedented summits with the North Korean leader he dubbed "Little Rocket Man" during his first term: in Singapore in 2018, Hanoi in 2019 and the Korean Demilitarized Zone in 2019, becoming the first president to step foot on North Korean territory. 

North Korea’s nuclear arsenal has sharply increased since President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last spoke, and the pair would not meet for a summit again if denuclearization was on the table. (Contributor/Getty Images)

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He underscored the U.S. alliance with South Korea. 

"Although the evils of communism still persist in Asia, American and South Korean forces remain united in an ironclad alliance to this day."

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