Article snippet: MORE greeted three American prisoners freed by North Korea Thursday morning, marking a significant diplomatic milestone between the longtime adversaries. The freed prisoners, Kim Dong-chul, Tony Kim and Kim Hak-song, were escorted back to the U.S. by Secretary of State MORE, arriving at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington at 2:42 a.m. Thursday. Shortly after, Trump and First Lady MORE boarded the plane to meet the Americans before accompanying them to the tarmac. "The fact we were able to get them out so soon was a tribute to a lot of things," Trump said to a crowd of journalists. "I just want to say, this is a special night." "I'm very honored to have helped these great folks, but the true honor is going to be if we have a victory in getting rid of nuclear weapons," he added, alluding to a planned meeting between the U.S. and North Korea. "We have a meeting scheduled in a very short period of time. We have the location set. We'll see if we can do something that people did not think was going to happen for many, many years." He went on to thank North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for freeing the American hostages, though, when asked if he had spoken to Kim, Trump replied, "I don't want to comment." The president announced the detainees' much-anticipated release via Twitter on Wednesday morning, saying, "I am pleased to inform you that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the air and on his way back from North Korea with the 3 wonderful gentlemen that everyone i... Link to the full article to read more