This is What Peace Looks like:
Something 12 prior presidents couldn't (or wouldn't) bring about. South Korea credits Trump for brokering this peace agreement and denuclearization. Truly a historic day! A North Korean President hasn't set foot in South Korea since the 1950-1953 Korean war.
South Korea credits Trump for opening door to talks with North
By Mick Krever and Jo Shelley, CNN
(CNN)South Korea's foreign minister has said she believes President Donald Trump is largely responsible for bringing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the negotiating table.
Kim and Moon participate in a tree-planting ceremony next to the military demarcation line. The pine tree is from 1953, the year that the Korean War armistice was signed. Both leaders used soil from their countries. A stone commemorating the occasion read “peace and prosperity planted,” and it included the two leaders’ names and the date of the summit. Korea Summit Press Pool/AFP/Getty Images
Kim and Moon raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the end of the day. “The two leaders solemnly declare … that there will be no more war on the Korean Peninsula and a new era of peace has begun,” the declaration said. Korea Summit Press Pool/AFP/Getty Images