PALM BEACH, Fla.: President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday that he had reversed his administration’s decision to slap new sanctions on North Korea, a move that left officials at the Treasury department and observers across Washington scratching their heads.

Trump delivered the news from his private club in Palm Beach, Florida, writing, “It was announced today by the US Treasury that additional large scale Sanctions would be added to those already existing Sanctions on North Korea. I have today ordered the withdrawal of those additional sanctions!”

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