밀월에서 냉각으로…친서로 보는 김정은-트럼프 관계<br /><br />The highly anticipated book about U.S. President Donald Trump, "Rage" by well-renowned journalist Bob Woodward... is released Tuesday.<br />It goes into detail about President Trump's strange friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.<br />It also features some of their private, never-before-seen letters.<br />Our Kim Dami has the details.<br />The Kim-Trump relationship has been a rollercoaster... full of respect and affection... but also anger and disappointment.<br />Between April 2018 and August 2019, they exchanged a total of 27 letters, building a relationship that seemed to be at its best after their first meeting in Singapore.<br />Trump has described the notes as "love letters," and Woodward says they represent a "diplomatic courtship."<br />Even after the second summit in Hanoi ended with no deal, Kim and Trump kept their friendly tone but the letters became less frequent.<br />Still, Kim called the Hanoi meeting a moment of glory that remains a precious memory.<br />He also said their deep and special friendship will be a magical force going forward.<br />They met again on the Korean Peninsula at the DMZ, and Trump later sent Kim 22 photographs of that historic encounter.<br />But a month later, Kim wrote back to Trump with a different tone.<br />Kim was not happy that the South Korea-U.S. military exercises had not been fully suspended.<br />Woodward describes him as like "a disppointed friend or lover."<br />According to Woodword, the letters have almost stopped, clearly pointing to relationship gone cold.<br />Trump has claimed he sent a letter to Kim back in March, offering to help with the COVID-19 outbreak, and he said Kim responded back with a great letter.<br />The North, however, denied that such a letter was sent.<br />Kim Dami, Arirang News.<br />
