U.S. President Donald Trump Mentions North Korea's "112 Nuclear Missiles"... Nearly Double the 57 Cited in August

[Financial News] Last August, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that North Korea had 57 nuclear weapons. He has now changed that figure to 112. Trump again emphasized that he gets along well with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Trump began a nationwide campaign tour ahead of the November midterm elections. At a rally in Ohio on the 3rd local time, he explained why he maintains good relations with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "Isn't it good to maintain good relations with the leaders of great countries and great nuclear powers?" he said.
Trump stressed, "I get along very well with Kim Jong Un," adding, "Do you know who that person is? North Korea." He continued, "When they have 112 nuclear missiles, it's good to get along."
Trump did not directly say that Kim Jong Un possesses 112 nuclear weapons, but the context suggests that he was referring to North Korea's nuclear weapons as numbering 112.
Earlier, on August 16, as the war with Iran entered a lull, Trump announced via social media that U.S.-South Korea military exercises would be reduced and claimed that North Korea is "a country that does not threaten the United States and respects it." On the 19th of the same month, he claimed that Kim Jong Un "has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons" and that he would "meet Kim Jong Un within the year."
The exact number of nuclear weapons possessed by North Korea has not been disclosed. In its annual report last month, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimated that North Korea had approximately 60 nuclear warheads. Ahn Gyu-back, a former Minister of National Defense, said in August, citing analysis by South Korean research institutions, that North Korea's nuclear arsenal is "generally estimated at around 80 to 120 weapons."
Meanwhile, Trump took a hard line against the Islamic Republic of Iran possessing nuclear weapons at the rally on the 3rd. "But there is a difference," he said, adding, "Iran will never have nuclear missiles."
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