{"id":16650,"date":"2019-05-26T21:44:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T21:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/26\/on-north-korea-trump-seems-to-undermine-a-senior-adviser\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:45:11","slug":"on-north-korea-trump-seems-to-undermine-a-senior-adviser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/05\/26\/on-north-korea-trump-seems-to-undermine-a-senior-adviser\/","title":{"rendered":"On North Korea, Trump seems to undermine a senior adviser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOKYO \u2014 Seemingly contradicting his national security adviser , President Donald Trump on Sunday played down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/05\/09\/north-korea-fires-2-suspected-missiles-in-possible-new-warning\/\" target=_blank>North Korea\u2019s recent missile tests<\/a> and said they were not a concern for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments tweeted during his trip to Japan were sure to unnerve leaders of the U.S. ally that is directly threatened by short-range weapons from its Asian neighbor. While America is not, there are tens of thousands of U.S. troops in Japan and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/05\/05\/kim-jong-un-oversees-missile-firing-drills-tells-north-korean-troops-to-be-alert\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un\u2019s <\/a>criticism of Joe Biden , the former vice president who is among the Democrats running for the White House in 2020, made him smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remarks were the latest example of Trump\u2019s willingness to publicly undermine his senior advisers, flout democratic norms and side with totalitarian leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNorth Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me,\u201d Trump tweeted in one of his early morning messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/05\/06\/north-korea-tests-new-missile-and-trumps-resolve\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19125064531270.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">North Korea tests new missile \u2014 and Trump\u2019s resolve<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea appears to have tested a new short-range missile \u2014 and President Donald Trump&#039;s resolve to keep it from doing more of the same in the future.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome\u201d of his \u201cpeople\u201d appear to include national security adviser John Bolton, who told reporters at a briefing Saturday before Trump arrived in Tokyo that a series of short-range missile tests by North Korea this month violated U.N. Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no doubt about that,\u201d said Bolton, citing the May 4 and May 9 tests that ended a pause in launches that began in late 2017. Trump ignored a shouted question Sunday about whether he agreed with Bolton\u2019s assessment and his press secretary did not seem to back up Bolton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19146356229556.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19146356229556.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19146356229556.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19146356229556.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19146356229556.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump sits at dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Tokyo. (Evan Vucci\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, said in an interview with NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d that \u201cwe know that the activities at no point that took place over the last several weeks have been a threat to the United States or our allies.\u201d She said Trump \u201cstill feels comfortable and confident in the relationship that he has with Chairman Kim.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and other administration officials have tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/04\/18\/pentagon-confirms-north-korea-test-launch-says-it-wasnt-a-ballistic-missile\/\" target=_blank>play down the significance of the tests<\/a>, insisting they do not violate an agreement Trump reached with Kim for a moratorium on launches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe moratorium was focused, very focused, on intercontinental missile systems, the ones that threaten the United States,\u201d U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a recent television interview. That raised alarm bells in Japan, where short-range missiles pose a serious threat because of the country\u2019s proximity to North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/04\/17\/north-korea-test-fires-a-new-tactical-guided-weapon\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19103316227019.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">North Korea test-fires a new tactical guided weapon<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea said it test-fired a new type of \u201ctactical guided weapon\u201d in an announcement Thursday that was possibly an attempt to register displeasure with the deadlock in nuclear talks with the United States without causing those coveted negotiations to collapse.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also within range of such missiles are the roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/05\/22\/this-is-a-meme-pundits-dont-understand-korea-strategy-says-top-us-commander\/\" target=_blank>28,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea<\/a> and the 54,000 American forces in Japan, in addition to family members and civilian Department of Defense employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI find them very disturbing and certainly wouldn\u2019t trust Kim Jong-un,\u201d said U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa. She told CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d that \u201cJapan does have reason to be concerned. And I am concerned as well. We need to see North Korea back off of those activities. And we need to take a very strong stance on that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ernst said the U.S. needs to ensure that North Korea follows U.N. guidelines. \u201cWe can\u2019t continue to let them further develop any type of weapon systems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"825\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19146348440129.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19146348440129.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19146348440129.jpg.jpg?resize=300,206 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19146348440129.jpg.jpg?resize=768,528 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19146348440129.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,704 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Caricatures depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are displayed in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 26, 2019. In an apparent contradiction of his national security adviser, President Donald Trump on Sunday downplayed recent North Korean missile tests, tweeting from Tokyo that they&#8217;re not a concern for him in comments sure to unnerve Japanese leaders. (Ahn Young-joon\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike several other leaders in the region, Abe has yet to meet with Kim, leaving Japan to rely on the U.S. as an intermediary and advocate with North Korea. Abe recently offered to meet Kim without preconditions in an effort to restore diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump in his tweet said he had \u201cconfidence that Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me,\u201d while at the same time embracing Kim\u2019s recent attacks on Biden, whose name he misspelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said he \u201csmiled\u201d when Kim \u201ccalled Swampman Joe Bidan a low IQ individual, &amp; worse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPerhaps that\u2019s sending me a signal?\u201d Trump asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump later offered a new tweet with the correct \u201cBiden\u201d spelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea this week past called Biden a \u201cfool of low IQ\u201d and an \u201cimbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being\u201d after Biden accused Trump of cozying up to \u201cdictators and tyrants\u201d such as Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin during his campaign launch speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden\u2019s campaign would not comment on the record Sunday, but a spokesman for his campaign, Andrew Bates said this past Wednesday that given Biden\u2019s \u201crecord of standing up for American values and interests, it\u2019s no surprise that North Korea would prefer that Donald Trump remain in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writers Darlene Superville and Mari Yamaguchi contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seemingly contradicting his national security adviser, President Donald Trump on Sunday played down North Korea\u2019s recent missile tests and said they were not a concern for 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