“I like him, he likes me!” Trump said of Kim. “I guess that’s okay. Am I allowed to say that?”

“I was really being tough and so was he,” he continued, referring to the harsh words the two leaders exchanged before their make-up. “And we would go back and forth.”

“And then we fell in love,” Trump said. The crowd laughed. “No really,” Trump said. “He wrote me beautiful letters. They were great letters. And then we fell in love.”