"Hey, he is the head of a country and I mean he is the strong head. Don't let anyone think anything different. He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same."
"You know you call people sometimes killers, he is a killer. He's clearly executing people," Fox News' Bret Baier told Mr. Trump.
"He's a tough guy," the president responded.
"Hey, when you take over a country, tough country, with tough people, and you take it over from your father, I don't care who you are, what you are, how much of an advantage you have," the president continued. "If you can do that at 27 years old, I mean that's one in 10,000 that could do that. So he's a very smart guy, he's a great negotiator. But I think we understand each other."
Baier paused, before pressing, "But he's still done some really bad things."
Mr. Trump downplayed Kim's actions, suggesting Kim isn't alone in that.
"Yeah, but so have a lot of other people done some really bad things," Mr. Trump said. "I mean, I could go through a lot of nations where a lot of bad things were done. Now look, with all of that being said, the answer is yes."
"I don't want to see a nuclear weapon destroy you and your family. I want to have a good relationship with North Korea. I want to have a good relationship with many countries," President Trump says https://t.co/QXs0h4qARv pic.twitter.com/C3UaOWvAAZ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 15, 2018
"I did a great job this weekend," President Trump says of summit with North Korea. "You know what I gave up? I met. I met, we had great chemistry. He gave us a lot." https://t.co/QXs0h4qARv pic.twitter.com/duKZ6uXewm
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 15, 2018
“I call them ‘war games.’ I hated them from the day I came in," President Trump says of exercises with South Korea. "It cost a lot of money. I saved a lot of money. That’s a good thing for us.” https://t.co/QXs0h4qARv pic.twitter.com/45fXHKmDYs
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 15, 2018
President Trump says he has a "very good" relationship with Kim Jong Un: "I gave him a very direct number. He can now call me if he has difficulties. I can call him. We have communication. That's a good thing." https://t.co/iDFgMpAMgu pic.twitter.com/5Ktx2DQJtq
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 15, 2018
"It's possible that we'll meet," President Trump says when asked if he'll meet with Russian President Putin this summer https://t.co/iDFgMpAMgu pic.twitter.com/pozOm6LKFb
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 15, 2018
Trump again expresses support for Russia being readmitted go G8 and repeatedly blames President Obama for Russia invading Ukraine.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 15, 2018
"President Obama lost Crimea. Putin didn't respect President Obama." pic.twitter.com/DVz6hFA2W5