Transcript - Remarks: Donald Trump Meets With Moon Jae-in of South Korea - June 30, 2017 | Factba.se

Donald Trump

00:00:00 - 00:00:19 (19 sec)

I want to thank the President of South Korea, President Moon, for being here. We had a great afternoon yesterday. We had fantastic dinner at the White House -- accomplished a lot, having to do with our thoughts on North Korea and, very much, our thoughts on trade.

Donald Trump

00:00:19 - 00:00:40 (21 sec)

We are renegotiating a trade deal right now as we speak with South Korea, and hopefully it will be an equitable deal -- it will be a fair deal to both parties. It's been a rough deal for the United States, but I think that it will be much different and it will be good for both parties. So we're in the process of doing that.

Donald Trump

00:00:40 - 00:00:57 (17 sec)

We're also in the process of discussing our, frankly, many options -- and we have many options -- with respect to North Korea. Thank you very much. President. The President will speak.

Moon Jae-in

00:00:57 - 00:02:19 (82 sec)

[Via Interpreter] I would like to thank President Trump once again for inviting me to the White House and for his warm welcome. When I won the election last month, President Trump was the first among all foreign leaders to call me to congratulate me. I believe that was to reconfirm the strength of the Korea-U.S. alliance and also President Trump's warm message to the Korean people who had been suffering through political turmoil.

Moon Jae-in

00:02:19 - 00:03:06 (47 sec)

Last night, at the dinner with President Trump, we discussed various issues through a diverse scope and very honest discussions on issues to include the North Korean nuclear issue and other issues of mutual interest. It was a great opportunity for us to further the trust and friendship between me and President Trump.

Moon Jae-in

00:03:06 - 00:03:39 (33 sec)

It was also an opportunity for us to reconfirm the fact that the United States and Korea are walking together on the same path towards a great alliance. So I hope that through this summit meeting today, I hope that our relationship can further develop into a more meaningful and fruitful relationship. Thank you very much.

Donald Trump

00:03:39 - 00:04:10 (31 sec)

What many people don't know is that South Korea is a major trading partner with the United States and we want something that's going to be good for the American worker. And I think we'll be able to do that today, and I think we'll be able to do many other things. So the relationship is very, very strong, and our personal relationship with President Moon -- our personal relationship is very, very good. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.