The comment came after the Department of Labor promoted a photo on X showing a massive banner draped over the Frances Perkins Building, the department’s D.C. headquarters, of a scowling Trump next to the words “AMERICAN WORKERS FIRST,” hung beside a similar image of Theodore Roosevelt.

Donald Trump has hopes to meet Kim Jong Un later this year, to build on their “great relationship”.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called on U.S. President Donald Trump to play a "peacemaker" role to open a "new path" for peace on the Korean Peninsula, as the American leader voiced hope to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un this year during his first in-person talks with Lee on

North Korea has only rarely acknowledged the losses it has suffered after sending troops to fight with Russia in its war against Ukraine.