US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would not name North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as "short and fat".
"Why is Kim Jong-un insulting me, by calling me" the old man "while I will never give his short and obnoxious speech? Well, I am," said Trump of Hanoi, in a tweet on his official account at the social networking site Tuer. I try hard to be his friend, and maybe that might happen someday! "
The US president's eulogy follows his attendance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam before leaving for the Philippines as part of his long Asian tour.
Trump and Kim often exchange insults and threats, amid escalating tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.