Trump approves nuclear submarine for South Korea

President Trump and South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung at a dinner in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Oct. 29. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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President Trump says he has given South Korea permission to build a nuclear-powered submarine following trade negotiations in the country.

"Our Military Alliance is stronger than ever before," he said in a post on Truth Social.

Trump followed up in a separate post to say that the submarine would be build in Philadelphia.

"Shipbuilding in our Country will soon be making a BIG COMEBACK," he wrote.

It's unclear what the timeline for such a project would be.