claiming he s not getting the credit he deserves for the outcome of these talks so far. not unusual approach for this president, even as he prepares for such an unprecedented moment. that s right, jim. you heard the president there speaking a few moments ago in full view of the camera saying after his first summit with kim jong un in singapore the danger went away. of course the danger did not go away but he s made these sort of statements, posted these kind of tweets ever since the meeting with kim jong un in singapore last year. the critics and fact checkers have pointed out that that s not the case. he continues to say it. you get the sense that the president is sort of gathering this grievance with him that he doesn t get enough credit for where things stand with north korea right now. as his critics point out, the
please stay with us. we re going to bring that moment to you live here. i m jim shuciutto here at the d, demilitarized zone dividing south and north korea as it has for 66 years. tremendous array of power along the border. as we watch these live pictures from the dmz, this is the location where the u.s. president and the knot north korean president will meet. the president said yesterday, he would be willing to step across something that the south korean president moon jae-in did months ago when invited by the north korean leaders. this is the dmz where the president is arriving, you see the vehicles there.
peace. but the backdrop being hundreds of north korean artillery pointed at the south principally kargting seoul, some with keps and now a nuclear armed north korea, placing south korea under threat. that is the fact of the standoff, the 66-year standoff between these two countries, where you now have a u.s. president waiting to meet the leader of north korea. there s a remarkable juxtaposition of that threat, that danger and what will be at least on the surface, smiles and a hand shake between the north korean leader and the u.s. president. jim acosta has been traveling with the president. jim, it was interesting in the moment so far up here at the border as the president prepares to meet kim, i counted three or four times where the president took a swipe at the press,
sparked this whole idea which is now in a short time going to become a reality. how surprised were they about it? perhaps how stressed were they by the prospect of making this a reality and how would the north koreans reacted to that? certainly, jim, i think there s no denying that it probably caught everybody off guard, including the south koreans. this is something that the south korean president moon jae-in has been wanting. so obviously delighted. we heard from him speaking at the blue house behind us before setting off for the dmz that if trump meets with kim, it would be a nile stone for humankind. you have to assume it s slightsly overreaching, but it gives you a sense of how important this moment is to south korea. they have been pushing for peace
here, too. tell us of tthe significance oft moment? how significant, how unprecedented? does it matter? i mean, ok. it matters if there is a goal to it. it matters if we are trying to do something. quite honestly, jim, at this point, i m not sure what it is that donald trump, president trump is trying to accomplish. because why all this engagement has gone on, it has nothing to do thewith the stockpile of nuclear missiles. in fact, they increase them. we re in for a roller coaster ride. yes, it is true that tensions are down. remember, the tensions were built up because all the fire and fury during 2017. so really, i mean, you know, we ve been on a huge roller