President Trump has reacted to four North Korean missile tests in less than two weeks with little more than a shrug. Instead, he appears to be turning his frustrations about the peninsula on South Korea.
Trump chided Seoul on Twitter Wednesday for paying"virtually nothing" for US protection, while two administration officials said that behind closed doors, the President is fuming that South Korea is not doing more to contain Pyongyang's increased aggression.
— Donald J. Trump August 7, 2019 On Wednesday, Trump tweeted that"South Korea has agreed to pay substantially more money to the United States in order to defend itself from North Korea. Over the past many decades, the U.S. has been paid very little by South Korea, but last year, at the request of President Trump, South Korea paid $990,000,000."Trump went on to say that"talks have begun to further increase payments to the United States." South Korea spends about 2.
— Donald J. Trump August 7, 2019 A senior defense department official traveling in Asia with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Wednesday that it was"not helpful to have provocative words like that," and noted that Kim"himself made a commitment to return to working level talks." The aide noted that Trump said he would end"the war games" and characterized those as"the larger scale offensively designed exercises, this is in no way a violation.
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