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Donald Trump defends North Korea’s ‘not happy’ Kim Jong-un after missile launches: ‘he feels threatened’
- Trump said Kim was ‘not happy’ with ‘extremely expensive and provocative’ US-South Korea military drills that Seoul ‘pays us very little to do’
- The former US president has claimed that during his term in the White House he formed a close relationship with the North Korean dictator
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Former President Donald Trump has defended Kim Jong-un after a series of recent missile launches, saying the North Korean dictator felt “threatened” by planned military exercises by the United States and its South Korean allies.
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In a post on his Truth Social page, Trump claimed that during his term in the White House he had formed a close relationship with Kim.
“Kim Jung [sic] Un of North Korea, who I got to know and got along with very well during my years as president, is not happy with the US and South Korea doing big training and air exercises together,” Trump wrote. “He feels threatened.”
Trump went on to complain that South Korea “pays us very little to do these extremely expensive and provocative drills. It’s really ridiculous.”
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North Korea’s nuclear power on display amid its largest-ever parade of ICBMs
North Korea’s nuclear power on display amid its largest-ever parade of ICBMs
In recent weeks tensions have escalated between North Korea and South Korea, a key regional ally of the US, amid a series of provocations by Kim.
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On Saturday, North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed in the Sea of Japan. The tests were a warning to South Korea and the US over extensive military exercises planned over the next few weeks, North Korea said.
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