President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had a “great talk” with South Korea acting president Han Duck-soo, discussing tariffs, cooperation on shipbuilding and purchases of U.S. liquefied natural gas.

It was Trump’s first direct talks with the longtime U.S. ally since he began his second term and since former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted earlier this month after his impeachment over instituting martial law in December.

“I just had a great call with the Acting President of South Korea,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “We talked about their tremendous and unsustainable Surplus, Tariffs, Shipbuilding, large scale purchase of U.S. LNG [liquid natural gas], their joint venture in an Alaska Pipeline, and payment for the big time Military Protection we provide to South Korea.

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