Trump says Kim Jong Un responded ‘positively’ to downsized military drill talk

NK News – North Korea News · Aug 18, 2026

President Donald Trump said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un responded positively to his praise of their relationship and orders to substantially reduce the U.S.’s military drills with South Korea. Asked by reporters if Kim had responded to Trump’s overtures made in a social media post the previous day, the president said Kim […]