US President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his decision to stop military exercises with South Korea, saying such “war games” were “provocative and expensive” but threatened to re-start them if talks with North Korea break down.
Trump in a series of tweets claimed that it was his idea to stop the “war games” during the summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. “Holding back the war games during the negotiations was my request because they are VERY EXPENSIVE and set a bad light during a good faith negotiation. Also, quite provocative,” he said.
“Can start up immediately if talks break down, which I hope will not happen!” Trump tweeted.
In a series of tweets, Trump slammed the “Fake News” for claiming he gave so much to North Korea just by meeting with the country’s leader last week in Singapore.