Mind games? Trump U-turns on South Korea war games U-turn

US president contradicts Pentagon statement that joint military drills will continue

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un at the summit in Singapore in June
(Image credit: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images)

Donald Trump has suggested that the US is willing to suspend war games in South Korea, one day after his defence secretary insisted they would go ahead.

The US president acknowledged that talks with Pyongyang are stalled just months after his historic summit with Kim Jong Un, but insists that his relationship with the North Korean leader remain “very good and warm”. There is “no reason” to resume military drills with South Korea and Japan “at this time”, Trump continued.

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