Donald Trump says date and venue set for landmark North Korea meeting to be announced soon
President also leaves open prospect of US troop reductions in South Korea though ‘not at this moment’
“We now have a date and we have a location, we’ll be announcing it soon,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House on a trip to Texas to address the National Rifle Association’s annual convention.
“Not really, not at this moment. Certainly not,” Trump said when asked whether troop reductions were on the table.
“I think a lot of great things will happen. But troops are not on the table.”
The US president then added: “Now I have to tell you, at some point into the future, I would like to save the money. You know, we have 32,000 troops there.”
National security adviser John Bolton called the report in The New York Times about possible reductions “utter nonsense” in a statement on Friday.