{"id":51632,"date":"2017-11-07T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/07\/trump-abruptly-talking-negotiations-not-threats-in-korea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:24:18","slug":"trump-abruptly-talking-negotiations-not-threats-in-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/11\/07\/trump-abruptly-talking-negotiations-not-threats-in-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump warns North Korea: Do not \u2018try us\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=6e1d9951-83b5-494b-a26d-385da1081d37\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-6e1d9951-83b5-494b-a26d-385da1081d37.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Three U.S. aircraft carriers are set to stage drills in the western Pacific in a show of force that coincides with President Trump&#8217;s travel to the region.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 President Donald Trump delivered a sharp warning to North Korea Wednesday, telling the rogue nation: \u201cDo not underestimate us. And do not try us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a speech delivered hours after he aborted a visit to the heavily fortified Korean demilitarized zone due to bad weather, Trump said he had a message for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe weapons you are acquiring are not making you safer, they are putting your regime in grave danger,\u201d Trump told an audience of South Korean lawmakers, calling on all nations to join forces \u201cto isolate the brutal regime of North Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe world cannot tolerate the menace of a rogue regime that threatens with nuclear devastation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump had hoped to underscore his message with an early morning visit to the DMZ, but his plans were thwarted by heavy fog that prevented his helicopter from landing at the heavily fortified border that has separated the North and South for the last 64 years.<\/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\/2017\/11\/08\/trump-and-the-dmz-the-surprise-that-wasnt-to-be\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17312031446595.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\">Trump and the DMZ: The surprise that wasn&#8217;t to be<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">It was the big surprise that was not to be.<\/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\">The Marine One helicopter left Seoul at daybreak and flew most of the way to the DMZ, but was forced to turn back just five minutes out due to poor weather conditions. Reporters traveling in a separate helicopter as part of the president\u2019s envoy saw fog through the windows, and weather reports from near the heavily fortified border showed misting conditions and visibility below one mile. Pilots, officials said, could not see the other helicopters in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president was disappointed he couldn\u2019t make the trip. \u201cI think he\u2019s pretty frustrated,\u201d she told reporters. \u201cIt was obviously something he wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1014\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17311415839265.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17311415839265.jpg.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17311415839265.jpg.jpg?resize=300,203 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17311415839265.jpg.jpg?resize=768,519 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17311415839265.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,692 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in toast at the start of a dinner at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.. (Andrew Harnik\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before he left for Asia, a White House official had ruled out a DMZ visit for Trump, claiming the president didn\u2019t have time on his schedule and that DMZ visits have become a little clich\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Sanders said the visit had been planned well before Trump\u2019s departure for Asia. The trip was kept secret for security reasons, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aborted visit came hours before Trump addressed the South Korean National Assembly as he closed out his two-day visit to the nation and headed to his next stop, Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the speech, Trump painted a bleak portrait of life in North Korea, describing citizens as bribing government officials to leave the country just so they can work as slaves. He contrasted the poverty and desperation to thriving South Korea \u2014 home to a long list of top-rated golfers, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said the U.S. will not allow its cities to be threatened with destruction, and said that, while America \u201cdoes not seek conflict or confrontation,\u201d it will not run from it, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe regime has interpreted America\u2019s past restraint as weakness. This would be a fatal miscalculation?,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThis is a very different administration than the United States has had in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26470651679_a878295a50_k.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26470651679_a878295a50_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26470651679_a878295a50_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26470651679_a878295a50_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26470651679_a878295a50_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26470651679_a878295a50_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and President Donald J. Trump pose for a photo with U.S. and Republic of Korea troops at Camp Humphreys in the Republic of Korea on Nov. 7, 2017. (State Department)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also called on all nations to downgrade diplomatic and economic ties with the North and fully implement a series of U.N. Security Council measures, specifically calling out Russia and China, whose leaders he will meet in coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Trump\u2019s first day on the Korean Peninsula, he had signaled a willingness to negotiate as he urged North Korea to \u201ccome to the table\u201d and \u201cmake a deal\u201d over its nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also said he\u2019d seen \u201ca lot of progress\u201d in dealing with Pyongyang, though he stopped short of saying whether he wanted direct talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt makes sense for North Korea to come to the table and make a deal that is good for the people of North Korea and for the world,\u201d Trump said at a news conference with South Korea\u2019s president, Moon Jae-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also sounded an optimistic note on disagreements with the North, saying confidently, if vaguely: \u201cUltimately, it\u2019ll all work out.\u201d<\/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\/2017\/11\/06\/lines-of-communication-still-open-at-dmz-separating-north-and-south-korea\/\" 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=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nkorea-74.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\">Lines of communication still open at DMZ separating North and South Korea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Bullhorns, a phone line and in-person meetings still possible and were used earlier this year for a humanitarian issue.<\/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\">It was a striking shift in tone for a president who for months had issued increasingly dire threats to answer any hostile North Korean action with \u201cfire and fury.\u201d In a recent speech at the United Nations, Trump said he would \u201ctotally destroy\u201d the nation, if necessary, and has derided Kim as \u201clittle Rocket Man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea has fired more than a dozen missiles this year but none in nearly two months. Analysts caution against reading too much into the pause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ever the showman, Trump had teased that he had a surprise in store, saying at a Tuesday evening banquet that he had an \u201cexciting day\u201d planned Wednesday \u2014 \u201cfor many reasons that people will find out.\u201d He did not elaborate on what turned out to be the aborted trip to the DMZ.<\/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\/2017\/11\/06\/trump-seeks-billions-of-dollars-to-counter-north-korean-missiles\/\" 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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635918535850232234-2266070jpg.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\">Trump seeks nearly $6B to counter North Korean missiles, repair Navy ships<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Trump administration is seeking nearly $6 billion to pay for urgent missile defense improvements to counter the threat from North Korea, increased U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan and fast repairs to Navy ships in the Asia-Pacific theater.<\/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\">Visiting the border that has become something of a ritual for U.S. presidents trying to demonstrate their resolve against North Korea\u2019s ever-escalating aggression. Every American president since Ronald Reagan, save for George H.W. Bush, has made the trip, peering across the barren north through binoculars, hearing broadcast propaganda and reaffirming their commitment to standing with the South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visiting the wooded, craggy terrain inside the DMZ is like going back in time to 1953. In July of that year, the Korean War armistice agreement was signed at Panmunjom, the so-called \u201ctruce village\u201d bisected by a marker that is the official dividing line between the North and South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s no public sign of any diplomatic progress between Washington and Pyongyang. U.S. officials say the back channel between the State Department and the North Korean mission at the United Nations in New York remains intact, but contacts have not been substantive other than achieving the release of American college student Otto Warmbier in June. He died days after his repatriation to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moon, who has been eager to solidify a friendship with Trump, said he hoped the president\u2019s visit would be a turning point in the standoff with North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writers Zeke Miller and Matthew Pennington in Washington contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump delivered a sharp warning to North Korea Wednesday, telling the rogue nation: \u201cDo not underestimate us. 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