[Whitfield:] President Trump says Kim Jong-un wants to restart nuclear negotiations once joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea are over. Trump tweeting out today that the request came in a new letter sent to him by the North Korean dictator. Those tweets coming just hours after North Korea conducted another round of short-range missile tests. Sarah Westwood is in New Jersey for us, near where the president is vacationing at his resort in Bedminster. Sarah, what else are we learning about this letter?
[Sarah Westwood, Cnn White House Correspondent:] Well, Fred, President Trump said this letter he received from Kim Jong-un was mostly about Kim Jong-un's frustrations with the fact that the U.S. and South Korea are conducting joint military exercises in the region. Trump yesterday said this letter was about three pages. And in his tweets this morning, he described it as being a very long letter. But he said that the North Korean director expressed a promise that those short-range missile tests would end after the end of the joint military exercises. Those are something that the North Korean leader has long disliked. He's pressured the U.S. to end them, but they're part of a very strong demonstration of the U.S.South Korean military alliance. But those drills, which have been scaled back this year on orders from President Trump, come as Trump is channeling his frustrations into the relationship with South Korea. Just this week, for example, we saw him demand that Seoul contribute more to its defense, contribute more to the cost of basing thousands of U.S. troops in South Korea. And aides say President Trump has expressed frustration with the fact that Seoul hasn't done more to contain the aggression of Pyongyang. Trump also mentioned in that letter, Fred, that he would like to sit down with Kim Jong-un, but the North Korean leader wants to wait until those military drills are over before restarting denuclearization talks.
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