Kim Jong-un has an 'unusually' close relationship with this western leader

On Tuesday, Bob Woodward, the Washington Post journalist, published a new audiobook titled The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump.

The publication reveals candid views of the former US President also in regard to his personal relationship with North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un, The Hill reports.

‘The word chemistry’

The audiobook was promoted on CNN by playing a short clip where Donald Trump is overheard saying that he had a great relationship with Kim Jong-un, the leader of the pariah state.

I’m the only one he deals with. The word chemistry. You meet somebody and you have a good chemistry. You meet a woman. In one second, you know whether or not it’s all going to happen.

Donald Trump met with Kim Jong-unpersonally and was engaged in brokering peace terms between the US, South Korea, and North Korea.

Woodward asked Trump about Kim, and cited the CIA which thought at the time that the North Korean leader is 'stupid', to which Trump disagreed, saying he is rather ‘cunning’ and ‘crafty’, The Hill reports.

According to Woodward, Trump had a great personal relationship with Kim,

Trump also reportedly exchanged what he called 'love letters' with the North Korean leader.

According to CNN, the comments by the 45th US President stunned Woodward,

Never heard another president say anything like that.

A threat to democracy

Bob Woodward said his audiobook is integral in trying to understand the former US President, which he called 'a threat to democracy’.

Meanwhile, Kim Jong-un rarely leaves the country and when he meets world leaders they are usually not representing the democratic world, therefore it is surprising to hear a western leader claiming to have a good relationship with a dictator.

Kim Jong-un has increased the stakes against the US and this year alone has been busy overseeingnumerous tests of ballistic missiles.

Sources used:

-The Hill: ‘Trump told Woodward he had ‘chemistry’ with North Korea’s Kim

-CNN: ‘'Never heard another president say anything like that': Woodward reacts to Trump's Kim Jong Un remarks’