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Video shows a 'surreal' and tense encounter between US and North Korean security at Trump-Kim meeting

President Donald Trump's surprise and unprecedented visit to North Korea over the weekend produced a tense moment between each leader's security personnel.

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President Donald Trump's surprise and unprecedented visit to North Korea over the weekend produced some tense moments, including a face-to-face meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's security teams that was captured on film.

North Korea frequently accuses the US of plotting assassination attempts against its leader . Pyongyang won't even let Kim use a toilet outside of the country out of fear that intelligence agencies may analyze his waste to gain medical information on the leader.

But over the weekend, when Trump stepped over the border from South Korea into North Korea the first time a sitting president has done so North Korean security personnel had to meet the Americans face to face.

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This produced a moment that CNN's North Korea correspondent, Will Ripley, called "surreal."

Watch the video below:

It's unclear whether progress toward Trump's stated goal of denuclearizing North Korea took place during the trip, but it did produce some very tense moments.

Trump's new press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, also had a physical altercation with North Korean security that was caught on video.

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