NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has no current plans to visit the demilitarized zone between North Korea and South Korea during his trip to Asia next month, a White House official said Monday [10-23-17].
Instead, Trump is slated to speak with U.S. troops at Camp Humphreys, which is south of Seoul, the official said.
‘Security is not the concern,’ the official said, rejecting the notion that concerns about the president’s safety would keep the president from visiting the contentious slice of land that divides the two nations.
The official added that the final details of the South Korean leg of the trip are still being ironed out. Vice President Mike Pence visited the DMZ earlier this year…
At the end of his trip, Trump plans to hold a one-on-one meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has come under fire for his crackdown on drug trafficking in the country.”
-Andrew Restuccia, “No plans for Trump to visit DMZ, White House official says,” Politico, Oct. 23, 2017 10:49am