Adam Kinzinger Questions Trump’s ‘Really Good Relationship’ With Kim Jong-un, Stresses North Korea is a Threat to Allies
A lot of friendships have been put at stake due to the Iran war, will this survive the test of time?
South Korea and the United States have been allies for more than 70 years, but their relationship under the Donald Trump administration appears under threat. According to Reuters, on Sunday, August 16, 2026, Trump urged the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” joint military drills with South Korea over concerns of high costs and their refusal to participate in the U.S.’s ongoing war in Iran.
Taking to Truth Social on Monday, Trump voiced his opposition to joint military exercises in South Korea shortly before they were supposed to happen, noting that he was “not happy” about them owing to his “very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea.” Citing reasons for withholding his view, Trump mentioned that he believed “these exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful.”
Some Americans have taken offense at Trump’s remarks in this context, including former Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a frequent critic who recently took a swipe at the low footfall at the Great American State Fair held between June 25, 2026, and July 10, 2026. Taking to social media, Kinzinger, in a video, said, “Guys, this is genuinely insane. So Trump just announced, nowhere seemingly, that we are suspending exercises with South Korea because of his quote, really good relationship with Kim Jong-Un.”
Kinzinger says Trump is throwing a “hissy fit” over South Korea
Shedding light on what the severing of a long-standing relationship between the U.S. and South Korea could mean, he stressed that North Korea possesses nuclear power that they have repeatedly supplied to countries that are bombing American allies. “I’d…like to remind you at this moment that… North Korea has been supplying Russia with ballistic missiles to strike Ukraine,” Kinzinger said.
He added, saying, “They’ve sent 50 thousand soldiers to fight and are sending, by reports, up to 60 thousand soldiers, now to fight against Ukraine. They have nuclear weapons, they continue to threaten South Korea, and now Donald Trump claims he has a very good relationship.”
Kinzinger continued his tirade, mentioning that Trump was throwing a “hissy fit” because South Korea refused to help the U.S. with the “stupid war in Iran” that’s “drained us of our resources.” He remarked, “This is idiocy” before adding that Trump’s efforts are causing “generational damage to America’s reputation.”
Kinzinger also suggested that the U.S.’s actions could lead to countries such as South Korea and Japan producing or procuring nukes. “If you don’t want nukes in the world, then you don’t do this because South Korea, Japan, and our allies in Asia now will be trying to get nukes because they no longer believe that the U.S’s word is with anything, and I don’t blame them, honestly.”
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