Kim wants nukes & a taste of u.S.

NORTH KOREA might not be willing to denuclearize — but it’s open to launching an Americanstyle fast-food joint in its capital as a show of goodwill to President Trump, according to a report Tuesday.

An intelligence assessment compiled by the CIA and described to NBC News by three U.S. officials concludes the Kim Jong Un regime is not prepared to let go of its nuclear arsenal, a finding at sharp odds with some of Trump’s recent claims.

“Everybody knows they are not going to denuclearize,” one of the officials said.

However, the Kim regime is willing to offer a number of concessions, including opening a hamburger franchise in Pyongyang, according to the CIA report. The bizarre offer indicates Kim (photo inset) is eager to convey a peaceful message to Trump, whose love of fast food is well-documented. During a campaign rally in Atlanta in June 2016, Trump said he would want to talk nukes with Kim over burgers and fries. “We should be eating a hamburger on a conference table, and we should make better deals with China and others,” Trump said. Burger diplomacy aside, the White House announced Tuesday that Secretary of State Pompeo will meet with senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol in New York this week, as the fate of a long-awaited summit between Trump and Kim remains up in the air. Pompeo has taken the lead on efforts regarding North Korea in recent months, has twice visited the nation and has met with Kim Jong Un. Details of Pompeo’s meet with Kim Yong Chol were not immediately clear.

Trump, meanwhile, “continues to actively prepare” for an “expected summit” with Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.

Plans for the high-profile sitdown were scrapped by Trump last week, but talks have continued.

The on-again, off-again negotiations, centered around denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, have seen a flurry of activity in recent days since Trump sent a letter to Kim Jong Un calling off their high-stakes diplomatic date.

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday that the President had “sent over two delegations — one for logistics and one for more diplomatic purposes.”

“But, as the President has said,” she added, “if it doesn’t happen June 12 it could happen thereafter.”