Trump says North Korea's Kim insulted him by calling him 'old'

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said that North Korea's leader Kim Jong had "Kim" and said he would never call Kim "short and fat."

US President Donald Trump ponders the answer to a question from a reporter en route to Hanoi, Vietnam, aboard Air Force One November 11, 2017. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst

Trump made the comment Sunday morning after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam.

In a series of tweets he has also said Chinese President Xi Jinping was "upping sanctions" on North Korea in response to the nuclear and missile programs and that Xi Like Pyongyang to "denuclearize."

Trump tweeted: "Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me 'old,' when I would NEVER call him 'short and fat?' Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend - and maybe someday that will happen! "

Trump has traded insults and threats with Kim in the past amid escalating tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.

Reporting by Mike Stone in Washington Editing by James Dalgleish

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