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Trump claims North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons

CBS News · August 20, 2026 at 6:19 PM

North Korea on Thursday fired several short-range ballistic missiles hours after President Trump said he would meet with leader Kim Jong Un.

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Trump also made the claim that North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons, but that the situation is under control.

Victor Cha, president of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins with analysis.

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