President Donald Trump is expressing hope that the tensions along the Korean peninsula “will all work out” as he meets with military leaders in South Korea.
The president is commending US and South Korean troops stationed at Camp Humphreys, calling them “very impressive.”
Trump says he will be meeting with generals about the situation with North Korea. He is telling reporters it will “all work out because it always works out. It has to work out.”
Trump’s trip to South Korea is focused on pressuring the North to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
The president says he’ll also be meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae In about trade. He says “hopefully that will start working out” to create a lot of jobs in the US.