(4 May 2018) President Donald Trump says withdrawing U.S. troops from South Korea is 'not on the table' as he prepares for a historic summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One, Trump says: "Troops are not on the table."
Trump is addressing a report that he had asked the Pentagon to prepare plans for scaling back the U.S. military presence in South Korea, as he has complained that South Korea does not do enough to financially support that commitment.
National security adviser John Bolton called that report, in The New York Times, "utter nonsense" in a statement Friday.
Trump announced Friday that a time and place for his meeting with Kim has been set and will be announced shortly.
Meanwhile, T rump is offering support for his chief of staff, telling reporters that John Kelly is "doing a fantastic job."
Trump walked with his Kelly at Joint Base Andrews and cited "false reporting" about Kelly's potential departure from the White House.
Kelly told reporters everything is going "phenomenally well."
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