The Associated Press reports:
President Donald Trump said Monday he is not “personally” bothered by recent short-range missile tests that North Korea conducted this month, breaking with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is hosting the president on four-day state visit full of pageantry.
Standing beside Trump at a news conference after hours of talks, Abe disagreed with the U.S. president, saying the missile tests violated U.N. Security Council resolutions and were “of great regret.”
Abe, who has forged a strong friendship with Trump and agrees with him on many issues, is concerned because the short-range missiles pose a threat to Japan’s security.
Unlike Japan’s Shinzo Abe, President Trump isn’t “personally” bothered by North Korea’s missile tests https://t.co/mqNm1LtvQB pic.twitter.com/D0lJfp08mY
— TIME (@TIME) May 27, 2019
President Trump says he’s not ‘personally bothered’ by North Korea missile tests. CNN’s @boris_sanchez is in Toyko with more details on Trump’s press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe https://t.co/uM3xhkXjkr pic.twitter.com/bT5FGrSsdQ
— New Day (@NewDay) May 27, 2019