Inconvenient truth or dangerous shift? Trump calls North Korea a ‘nuclear power’, rattles Seoul

SEOUL – Mere hours after his inauguration on Jan 20 for a second term in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump has already managed to rattle one of the nation’s allies, South Korea.

Speaking to reporters while signing a flurry of executive orders, Mr Trump reiterated his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying: “He is a nuclear power. We got along. I think he will be happy to see me coming back.”