Trump hints at Kim contacts after scaling back Seoul drills

US President Donald Trump said Monday that Kim Jong Un had responded to his recent overtures, a day after he scaled back military drills with South Korea and praised his relationship with the North Korean leader.Trump hints at Kim contacts after scaling back Seoul drillsTrump said he was making the situation "much safer" through his ties to Kim, whom he met three times in his first spell in the White House, but has yet to encounter during his second term.While praising the leader of nuclear-armed North Korea, he rebuked key ally Seoul for failing to help Washington fight Iran a war Trump says is aimed at stopping Tehran from getting the atomic bomb.Asked why Kim hadn't replied to his requests for a conversation since returning to office last year, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office: "