White House: US-South Korean relations 'as strong as ever'

President Trump’s relationship with the South Korean government is “as strong as ever,” the White House said Monday, hours after the country’s leader urged the U.S. to “lower the threshold for talks with North Korea.”

“I think our alliance is as strong as ever. I think you saw that both with the vice president’s visit and certainly over the last few days,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters on Monday, shortly after returning from Pyeongchang, where she and several Trump administration officials participated in closing ceremonies for the 2018 Winter Olympics.