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Trump casually reveals how many nuclear weapons North Korea has

Instead of saying whether he exchanges letters with North Korea's leader, Trump instead revealed what is surely classified information.
Alex Hopley Editor UK 20 August 2026

You can't miss much when it comes to Trump. On a random press day, he might tell the world how many nuclear weapons North Korea has available. In a clip that has been doing the rounds on social media, Trump divulges that Kim Jong Un has 57 nuclear weapons in North Korea, which is seven more than the estimate provided by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons or ICAN.

As caught by Newsmax's National Report, Trump was praising construction workers at the White House helipad, when he was asked by press whether he has been exchanging hand-written letters with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. "I can't tell you that. But I get along with him. And you know what? The fact that I get along with him is a good thing. It's not a bad thing. He has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons," Trump said.

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"They should never have allowed it. If I were president, I wouldn't have allowed it," Trump added, finishing by saying he won't allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon either.

57 nuclear warheads may sound like a lot, but it's a drop in the ocean compared to the 12,000+ ICAN reports being across the world. Most of them are kept by the US and Russia, with both countries having more than 5000 nuclear weapons available.

Editor UK Alex Hopley covered the video game industry for Gamereactor, from new announcements and launches to the business behind them. He also wrote on tech, film and entertainment, and his coverage wasn't tied to any one region.
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