reporter: you know, it s hard to look at the strategic interests that china has on the korean peninsula and then compare that to what happened in singapore yesterday. wor the president trump. china s got to be pretty happy. start with what president trump said about the removal of troops from the korean peninsula. he said it s not on the table as of yet, but he specifically said that he wants toremove.s. troops from the korean peninsula at some point. so does china. china has wanted that for decades now, since the end of the korean war. they have always felt threatened, constrained by the presence of the u.s. military on the korean peninsula. that made them happy. move to the military exercises that president trump says at least for now are suspended. he called them war games. china calls them an annoyance, and they hate them as much as the north koreans do because, remember dave, those exercises are done not only with an eye on north korea but also on china. when you take those two
president, with the foreign minister and with japan s foreign minister to begin explaining some of the things president trump has been talking about because here in south korea, there s been a little bit of consternation about this issue of suspending joint military exercises. the word we re getting here is they want to understand precisely what president trump is intending by this. whether there seems to be a willingness on the south korean part to work with the united states on whatever president trump wants to a degree so they can improve the important, peaceful relationship that is the key to their security and peace in the future here. dave? certainly a lack of clarity now at 6:04 in seoul. nic robertson for us, thank you. the true impact of the trump-kim summit may not be known for years. for now, one country has mergesed as a clear winner has emerged as a clear winner, china. let s bring in matt rivers. is this exactly what the chinese may have been hoping for at least aft
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ago. he didn t brief reporters on the flight, we understand. he will be meeting with president moon, south korea s president, tomorrow morning, thursday morning here. he will also meet the foreign minister of south korea and the expected to update them. the latest we have from the south koreans about the issue and confusion about president trump s statement about ending those joint military training exercises is that they would like to get some clarity,e to knowsely what president trump means. they re also indicating a willingness to work with how the united states plans to move forward with the relationship with north korea because they believe it s fundamental to their peace and security. perhaps we ll hear more from secretary pompeo after he s had a chance to brief his counterparts here and the president here tomorrow. dave? for those wondering what was on television during the summit in north korea, it was a musical about mining, of course.
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