Trump on Kim's willingness to negotiate: "I really think he wants to do something"After addressing the return of the three American detainees, Trump was asked about the prospects of making a deal with Kim Jong Un.
"I really think he wants to do something and bring his country into the real world,” Trump said.
"I think this will be a very big success. It's never been taken this far, there's never been a relationship like this."
"Some great things can happen, and that's what we hope," he added.
Trump said the release of the three men was part of working towards the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
"It's like a dream, we are very, very happy" President Trump and one of the detainees spoke to the media following their arrival at Joint Base Andrews.
"This is a special night for these three really great people," Trump said before introducing them.
"Frankly, we didn't think this was going to happen, and it did. It was a very important thing to all of us."
When asked how he felt, Kim Dong Chul said through a translator: "It's like a dream and we are very very happy."
"We were treated in many different ways," he said, adding he had been forced to do hard labor, but also received medical treatment from the
North Koreans when he fell sick.
Trump also said he wanted to pay his "warmest respects" to the family of Otto Warmbier, the American who was released by the North Koreans in a vegetative state, only to die days later.
First sighting of freed Americans Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak-song and Kim Sang Duk, also known as Tony Kim, have exited their plane after arriving at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington. The three shook President Trump's hand and posed for pictures outside their plane.
They were cheered on by members of the military at the base, according to CNN's Jeff Zeleny on hand.