Trump Orders End to “Costly and Hostile” U.S.-South Korea Drills, Throwing Ball to Pyongyang Overview President Donald Trump on Aug. 16 directed the Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea, according to reports published that day [1]. In a Truth Social post, Trump said he had ordered Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” the exercises, citing his “very good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un [2][3]. “Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago,…

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