SpaceWar.com reports: “US President Donald Trump said Thursday he has given approval for ally South Korea to build a nuclear powered submarine, a day after the two countries said they have reached a broad trade deal.

Trump met South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday in the southern town of Gyeongju, where the US leader arrived for a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

On Wednesday, Seoul’s presidential aide said the two counries had reached a broad deal covering investment and shipbuilding, while Trump said the agreement was ‘pretty much’ finalised.

‘I have given them approval to build a Nuclear Powered Submarine, rather than the old fashioned, and far less nimble, diesel powered Submarines that they have now,’ Trump said on Truth Social Thursday.

In a separate post, he wrote: ‘South Korea will be building its Nuclear Powered Submarine in the Philadelphia Shipyards, right here in the good ol’ U.S.A.’

‘Shipbuilding in our Country will soon be making a BIG COMEBACK,’ he added…”