U.S. President Donald Trump said he would use his “good relationship” with Kim Jong Un to “get the conflict solved with North Korea,” responding to an NK News report about his diplomatic outreach to Pyongyang.

Asked at the Oval Office on Friday if he has sent a letter to the DPRK leader, Trump did not directly confirm or deny the attempted outreach.

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