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Trump suggests possible meeting with Kim Jong Un on Asia trip

President Trump indicated he might meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his upcoming Asia visit.

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Trump suggests possible meeting with Kim Jong Un on Asia trip

What this story says

  • President Trump stated he 'may' meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his upcoming Asia trip.
  • Trump made these remarks when asked by reporters on Monday.
  • He described a potential meeting as 'exciting' and said he 'gets along' with Kim Jong Un.
  • Trump is scheduled to visit China next month for the APEC summit.

Who covered it

Left 0%(0)Centre 17%(1)Right 83%(5)

Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 3 of the 9 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

57/100

Hype

45/100

9 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

President Donald Trump indicated he might meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his upcoming trip to Asia. Trump made these remarks when reporters asked him about a potential meeting. He described the possibility as 'exciting' and stated that he 'gets along' with Kim Jong Un. The president is scheduled to visit China next month to attend the APEC summit.

Coverage comparison

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated digests mention that President Trump is scheduled to visit China next month for the APEC summit. The centre-rated report from Kyodo News+ did include this detail.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 12 Oct 2026, 23:00, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Centre

1 rated outlet

  • Kyodo News+ led with the breaking news that Trump said he may meet Kim Jong Un during his Asia trip next month. The report carried the core details of Trump's statement about a potential meeting.

Right

5 rated outlets

  • Yonhap News Agency's full report stated that Trump said 'Maybe' when asked if he planned to meet Kim Jong Un. The Washington Examiner and Next News Network digests also reported that Trump said he may meet Kim Jong Un during his Asia trip. The Washington Examiner digest quoted Trump saying, 'I may. I may. That would be exciting, but I get along with him.' Next News Network's digest included Trump's comment that 'That'll Be Exciting'.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump suggests possible meeting with Kim Jong Un on Asia trip?
Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 17% are rated centre, 83% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 9. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Trump suggests possible meeting with Kim Jong Un on Asia trip left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Trump suggests possible meeting with Kim Jong Un on Asia trip biased?
Trump suggests possible meeting with Kim Jong Un on Asia trip is one event reported by 9 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Trump suggests possible meeting with Kim Jong Un on Asia trip?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Trump suggests possible meeting with Kim Jong Un on Asia trip?
9 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Did President Trump say he would meet Kim Jong Un?
President Trump suggested he 'may' meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his upcoming Asia trip. He described the possibility as 'exciting' and said he 'gets along' with Kim.
When did President Trump make these remarks?
President Trump made these remarks on Monday when reporters asked him about a potential meeting with Kim Jong Un. He is scheduled to visit China next month for the APEC summit.

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9 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Centre

1

Right

5

Not rated

3

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