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Sunday, May 26, 2019, 10:40
Trump not disturbed that DPRK 'fired off some small weapons'
By Reuters
Sunday, May 26, 2019, 10:40 By Reuters

US President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the Haneda International Airport, May 25, 2019, in Tokyo. (AP PHOTO/KOJI SASAHARA, POOL)

TOKYO – US President Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed concerns about recent missile launches from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and said he was confident that the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, would keep promises that he had made.

"North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me. I have confidence that Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me," the US president, who was in Japan on a state visit, said on Twitter.

Donald Trump has put enormous value in his personal relationship with DPRK leader Kim Jong-un

The DPRK is also referred to as North Korea.

The president, who left his second summit with Kim earlier this year in Vietnam without a peace deal, has put enormous value in their personal relationship.

Trump is expected to discuss concerns about the DPRK’s nuclear and missile programs with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his stay in Tokyo.

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In his tweet, the president, who is running for re-election in 2020, knocked his potential Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, misspelling his name and taking pleasure in the DPRK leader’s sharp rhetoric about a fellow American.

Trump said in the tweet that he smiled when Kim "called Swampman Joe Bidan a low IQ individual, & worse. Perhaps that’s sending me a signal?"

The US leader regularly uses derisive nicknames to target his political opponents.

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His remarks came after US National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Saturday that the DPRK’s recent missile launches violated a UN Security Council resolution.

Earlier this month Kim oversaw the first flight of a previously untested weapon – a relatively small, fast missile experts believe will be easier to hide, launch and maneuver inflight.

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