<sod >'He [Kim] conveyed that he wants to meet with President Trump as quickly as possible,' the senior official stated.< eod>< sod > 'He conveyed that he wants to meet with President Trump as quickly as possible,' the senior official stated. The official said the stiff punishing actions on North Korea would also stay in place.  'At this point we're not even talking about negotiations,' the U.S. official said of a plan to hold North Korea to its word that it would freeze its illicit nuclear and ballistic missile development programs.< eod>