--- title: Trump-Kim SUmmit: Full Transcript of Signing description: President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a "comprehensive" joint document Tuesday in Singapore canonical: https://time.com/5309357/trump-kim-summit-signing-agreement-comments/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-12T07:31:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:32:30.646Z article:section: World og:title: What President Trump and Kim Jong Un Said During the Signing og:description: Trump said that they had "developed a very special bond" og:url: https://time.com/5309357/trump-kim-summit-signing-agreement-comments/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa4c5ec2225eee8b/698932cf4ee2629ccc3120f2/gettyimages-971885638.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: SINGAPORE-US-NKOREA-DIPLOMACY-SUMMIT og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What President Trump and Kim Jong Un Said During the Signing twitter:description: Trump said that they had "developed a very special bond" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa4c5ec2225eee8b/698932cf4ee2629ccc3120f2/gettyimages-971885638.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'We Decided to Leave the Past Behind.' Read What President Trump and Kim Jong Un Said While Signing Joint Agreement by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 12, 2018 7:31 AM CUT  North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with President Donald Trump after taking part in a signing ceremony at the end of their historic U.S.-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with President Donald Trump after taking part in a signing ceremony at the end of their historic U.S.-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018.Anthony Wallace—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 12, 2018 7:31 AM CUT President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a “comprehensive” joint document Tuesday in Singapore in which they [committed to working](http://time.com/5309427/trump-kim-joint-document-denuclearization/ "undefined") “toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.” The signing followed a[ historic summit](http://time.com/5309069/donald-trump-kim-jong-un-meet-summit/ "undefined") between the two leaders of the longtime foes. Trump said that they had “developed a very special bond” and that they were taking “care of very big very dangerous problem for the world.” [Kim](http://time.com/longform/donald-trump-kim-jong-un-photos/ "undefined") declared that following the summit, the “world will see a major change.” “Today’s meeting was possible thanks to hard work of President Trump,” he said. Trump, in turn, said he would “absolutely” invite Kim to the White House in the future. Here’s the full transcript of Kim and Trump’s words following the summit: --- > “” --- --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5309357/trump-kim-summit-signing-agreement-comments/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5309357/trump-kim-summit-signing-agreement-comments/"},"headline":"'We Decided to Leave the Past Behind.' 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