Trump downplays latest North Korean missile test

Name: Trump downplays latest North Korean missile test
Uploaded: 2019-08-02T04:01:16.776Z
Duration: 51 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: US president calls Pyongyang’s short-range missiles tests ‘very standard’

Donald Trump expressed confidence that negotiations with Pyongyang could continue despite the short-range ballistic missile tests, which the US president said he ‘never made an agreement’ covering with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

August 2, 2019

Footage from Reuters.

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Mr President, sir.

Yes.

Mr President...

Short-range missiles, we never made an agreement on that. I have no problem. We'll see what happens, but these are short-range missiles. They're very standard.

...with Kim after what he's done this week?

Said what?

Can you still negotiate with Kim after what he's done now?

Oh, sure. Sure. Because these are short-range missiles. We never discussed that. We discussed nuclear. What we talk about is nuclear. Those are short-range missiles. Sure. And a lot of other countries test that kind of missile also.

Do you still trust President Kim?

Mr President, why was their tariff 10 per cent and not...

Thank you.

Mr President, why...