Three Americans released by North Korea landed in the US under cover of darkness, with Donald Trump waiting on the tarmac to greet their plane.
The three men emerged from a US government plane with Trump and first lady Melania Trump, flashing peace signs raised high above their heads. A massive American flag, waving in the wind and supported by two fire trucks served as a backdrop against a black sky.
“I want to thank Kim Jong-un,” Trump said. “I think he wants to do something and bring that country into the real world.”
“We didn’t think this was going to happen, and it did. It was very important to all of us,” Trump added, referring to the prisoner release. “The true honour will be if we have a victory in getting rid of nuclear weapons.
Washington’s top diplomat, Mike Pompeo, flew to Pyongyang in a surprise one-day visit on Wednesday, meeting the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, and securing the release of the three men.
“It’s like a dream and we are very happy,” Kim Dong-chul, one of the freed men, said speaking through an translator. “We were treated in many different ways, I had to do labour.”
The three were then taken to a nearby military hospital for further examination.
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