Trump: ”North Korea's intervention complicates the Ukraine war... but I'm getting along well with Kim Jong Un”

On the 12th (local time), US President-elect Donald Trump said that ending the Ukraine war has become more complicated due to North Korea's intervention, but that he plans to end the war through negotiations.
In an interview published by the weekly magazine Time on the same day, Trump responded to a question about whether he would abandon Ukraine by saying, "I want to reach an agreement.
The only way is to not give up," he said. The interview took place on the 25th of last month at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Time magazine selected President-elect Trump as its "Person of the Year."
Regarding the Gaza war, he said, "Things are moving forward very productively in the Middle East as we speak," and added, "I think the Middle East problems will be solved. I think the Middle East will be a more complex region than Russia and Ukraine.
"I think it's complicated, but I think the solution is easier," he said. Trump then noted that North Korea's involvement in the Ukraine war has complicated the situation. "I think there are two
"You're looking at the battlefronts," he said. "There's Russia and Ukraine and then there's this (the Middle East). But if North Korea gets involved, it will just make things even more complicated."
And he said, "I know Kim Jung Eun. I'm very close with him. I think he probably played a good role in that.
I'm the only one," he claimed.