Trump says he still has 'Rocket Man' CD for Kim, plans to give another 'little gift'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brought two gifts for Kim with him on his trip to meet North Korean officials in Pyongyang last week. One was a copy of Elton John’s “Honky Chateau” album that Trump had signed, which includes the song “Rocket Man.” Pompeo also brought a letter for Kim from the president but didn’t get to meet the North Korean dictator.

Trump says he still has 'Rocket Man' CD for Kim, plans to give another 'little gift'

Andrew Harnik/APSecretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and Kim Yong Chol, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, arrive for a lunch at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, July 7, 2018.

Trump told reporters Tuesday that he might have another gift for Kim as well.

“I actually do have a little gift for him but you’ll find out what that gift is when I give him,” Trump said.

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According to a South Korean newspaper, Chosun Ilbo, Trump’s decision to give Kim the CD comes after a conversation the two leaders had over lunch during their summit in June.

Trump called Kim “Little Rocket Man” or “Rocket Man” in several tweets in 2017 and early 2018 and has said that North Korea’s continued threats against the U.S. would be “met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.”

Trump says he still has 'Rocket Man' CD for Kim, plans to give another 'little gift'

AFP/Getty ImagesNorth Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (4th R) and President Donald Trump (3rd L) attend a working lunch with their respective delegations at their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island, June 12, 2018, in Singapore.

According to Chosun Ilbo, Kim brought up the “rocket man” moniker during the summit, and Trump asked Kim if he knew the song to which Trump was referring, but Kim answered that he didn’t.

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During Pompeo’s recent trip, meant to negotiate the details of the nuclear agreement signed during the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore, North Korea called denuclearization demands by the U.S. “gangster-like.”

Pompeo departed Abu Dhabi Tuesday morning to travel to Brussels to attend the NATO summit.

Sourse: abcnews.go.com

Trump says he still has ‘Rocket Man’ CD for Kim, plans to give another ‘little gift’

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