<p>North Korean leader on Saturday sent a message of sympathy to President Donald Trump and his wife Melania, wishing they would recover from the Covid-19 illness, state media reported.</p>.<p>“He sincerely hoped that they would recover as soon as possible. He hoped they will surely overcome it," the Korean Central News Agency reported. “He sent warm greetings to them.”</p>.<p>Trump said Friday he and his wife had tested positive for the coronavirus, and leaders across the world have sent messages of goodwill to the couple.</p>.<p>Kim and Trump once exchanged threats of total destruction and crude insults after North Korea in 2017 carried out a series of high-profile weapons tests aimed at acquiring an ability to launch nuclear strikes on the US mainland.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/us-president-donald-trump-first-lady-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19-896077.html" target="_blank">US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania test positive for Covid-19</a></strong></p>.<p>Trump had said he would rain “fire and fury” on North Korea and derided Kim as “little rocket man” on a suicide mission, while Kim responded he would “tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire.”</p>.<p>But they stopped such rhetoric and instead developed personal relationships after Kim abruptly reached out to Trump in 2018 for talks on the fate of his advancing nuclear arsenal.</p>.<p id="page-title"><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/trump-becomes-first-us-prez-to-step-into-north-korea-743853.html" target="_blank">Trump becomes first US Prez to step into North Korea</a></strong></p>.<p>They met three times, starting with a summit in Singapore in June 2018 that made Trump the first sitting US president to meet a North Korea leader since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.</p>.<p>But their meetings made little headway since their second summit in Vietnam ended without any deal following disputes over US-led sanctions on North Korea.</p>.<p>Before their nuclear talks entered a stalemate, Trump said that he and Kim “fell in love.”</p>
<p>North Korean leader on Saturday sent a message of sympathy to President Donald Trump and his wife Melania, wishing they would recover from the Covid-19 illness, state media reported.</p>.<p>“He sincerely hoped that they would recover as soon as possible. He hoped they will surely overcome it," the Korean Central News Agency reported. “He sent warm greetings to them.”</p>.<p>Trump said Friday he and his wife had tested positive for the coronavirus, and leaders across the world have sent messages of goodwill to the couple.</p>.<p>Kim and Trump once exchanged threats of total destruction and crude insults after North Korea in 2017 carried out a series of high-profile weapons tests aimed at acquiring an ability to launch nuclear strikes on the US mainland.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/us-president-donald-trump-first-lady-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19-896077.html" target="_blank">US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania test positive for Covid-19</a></strong></p>.<p>Trump had said he would rain “fire and fury” on North Korea and derided Kim as “little rocket man” on a suicide mission, while Kim responded he would “tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire.”</p>.<p>But they stopped such rhetoric and instead developed personal relationships after Kim abruptly reached out to Trump in 2018 for talks on the fate of his advancing nuclear arsenal.</p>.<p id="page-title"><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/trump-becomes-first-us-prez-to-step-into-north-korea-743853.html" target="_blank">Trump becomes first US Prez to step into North Korea</a></strong></p>.<p>They met three times, starting with a summit in Singapore in June 2018 that made Trump the first sitting US president to meet a North Korea leader since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.</p>.<p>But their meetings made little headway since their second summit in Vietnam ended without any deal following disputes over US-led sanctions on North Korea.</p>.<p>Before their nuclear talks entered a stalemate, Trump said that he and Kim “fell in love.”</p>