NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [8-9-19] praised a ‘beautiful letter” from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Hours later, the regime launched further projectiles as a warning against joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea. On Saturday, Trump slammed the ‘ridiculous and expensive’ joint exercises in a tweet, indicating he’ll meet with Kim ‘in the not too distant future’…North Korea had five rounds of weapons demonstrations in the past two weeks — including another launch of two projectiles Saturday local time, according to South Korea. Trump had dismissed the previous tests, saying they were just for short-range missiles. He added that Kim wrote in the ‘very personal letter’ that he is not happy with the U.S.-South Korea joint exercises.”
–Rishika Dugyala, “After ‘beautiful letter’and more N.K. launches, Trump says he’ll meet with Kim again,” Politico, August 9, 2019 1:47 am