Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, I am not happy about the fact that the United States agreed long ago to participate in joint military exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, and a significant portion of their expenses, as always, is paid by the United States of America, but they also send a completely inappropriate and hostile message to a country that, since Donald J. Trump has been president, has created no threats and has behaved in a respectful manner. Therefore, and since it is too late to cancel it, I have ordered the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to reduce the joint military exercises significantly!

On a somewhat unrelated matter (?), I recently asked the president of South Korea whether they would like to join us in the nuclear disarmament of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said: “No, thank you!” Thank you for your attention to this matter.

President Donald J. Trump