Trump surprise trip to DMZ thwarted by fog
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Softening his aggressive rhetoric, at least for the moment, President Donald Trump stood on South Korean soil Tuesday and urged North Korea to come to the negotiating table. But plans for a surprise visit by Trump to the heavily fortified Korean demilitarized zone on Wednesday were thwarted by fog.
Trump had been scheduled to make the unannounced morning trip to the DMZ amid heightened tensions between the United States and North Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear program. His helicopter was forced to turn back to Seoul due to bad weather near the border.
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president was disappointed he couldn't make the trip — and "pretty frustrated.