“We've made a lot of progress with North Korea and Kim Jong Un. And Chairman Kim has been -- we've had a -- we've really established a very good relationship. A lot of good things are happening. And I never said speed. Look, it's been this way for 80-plus years. We had our meeting six months ago, in Singapore.”
— Remarks, 01/02/2019
The status quo has not changed as it relates to North Korea. The president indicates North Korea has let up its nuclear activities since he and Kim Jong Un signed a vague joint statement on denuclearization June 12. But experts say and satellite imagery indicates that North Korea continues to pursue a nuclear program. The Washington Post reported that U.S. spy agencies are seeing signs that North Korea is constructing new missiles at a factory that produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States. Trump claimed he "never said speed." But on June 13, he tweeted, "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea," and on June 15, he said, "I have solved that problem."