President Trump said he plans to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, following a request from South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to the president to help bring about peace on the peninsula. “Thanks to your efforts when you were in office during your first term,

In the Oval Office, President Trump met his South Korean counterpart as the relationship between their countries has been strained.

South Korea has long come under targeted criticism from Trump, who has called it a "money machine" that takes advantage of American military protection.