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“You have a neighbour that hasn’t been as nice as they could be, and I think they will be. I know Kim Jong-un very well,” Trump said. The dinner was the prelude to the blockbuster event on Thursday, when Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time during his second term. He will then make a speedy exit, leaving South Korea before the APEC summit kicks off. “I think we’re going to have something that’s going to be very, very satisfactory to China and to us,” Trump told his dinner companions, referring to the prospect of a deal with the Chinese president. He remarked at one point that he anticipated meeting with Xi to last between three and four hours.