Trump Believes Reports on Kim Jong Un’s Health Are ‘Incorrect’

President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un take a walk after their first meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 23, 2019. Evan Vucci/AP Photo

President Donald Trump said that reports claiming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is near death are likely incorrect.

That view was also expressed by South Korea’s presidential office earlier in the week after reports said that Kim, 36, is “gravely ill” after undergoing surgery earlier this month.