'I thought being president would be easier': Trump's Reuters interview highlights
Guardian staff and agencies
Friday 28 April 2017
Last modified on Friday 28 April 2017 12.57 EDT
On the presidency
“I loved my previous life. I had so many things going. This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier. You’re really into your own little cocoon, because you have such massive protection that you really can’t go anywhere. I like to drive. I can’t drive any more.”
On Kim Jong-un
“He’s 27 years old, his father dies, took over a regime, so say what you want but that’s not easy, especially at that age. You know you have plenty of generals in there and plenty of other people that would like to do what he’s doing. So I’ve said this before and I’ve, I’m just telling you, and I’m not giving him credit or not giving him credit. I’m just saying that’s a very hard thing to do. As to whether or not he’s rational, I have no opinion on it. I hope he’s rational.”
On Chinese president Xi and North Korea
“He certainly doesn’t want to see turmoil and death. He doesn’t want to see it. He’s a good man. He’s a very good man and I got to know him very well ... We’ll see how it all works out. I know he would like to be able to do something. Perhaps it’s possible that he can’t. But I think he’d like to be able to do something.”
On North Korea
“There’s a chance that we could end up having a major, major, conflict with North Korea, absolutely.”
Q: Is that your biggest global worry at this point?
“Yes, I would say that’s true, yes ... North Korea would be certainly that.”
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On the end of Islamist terrorism
“We can’t let them come over here. I have to say, there is an end. And it has to be humiliation. There is an end. Otherwise it’s really tough. But there is an end. We are really eradicating some very bad people. When you take a look at what’s going on with the cutting off of the heads. We haven’t seen that since medieval times. Right?”
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