US President Donald Trump said he ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint military drills with South Korea, calling them "inappropriate and hostile," hours before the exercises began on Monday. He cited his "very good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The move comes despite warnings from US and South Korean officials about North Korea's advancing capabilities.
NYTimes – US President orders Pentagon to scale back ‘inappropriate and hostile’ exercises with South Korea Sign up for the Breaking News US email President Donald Trump reiterated on Monday that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon amid a lack of progress in diplomatic efforts to resolve the Middle East conflict. “The number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear…
The Trump administration has curtailed joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, cutting the Ulchi Freedom Shield drill short and canceling a separate Marine drill; North Korea has rejected the overture with about 10 short-range ballistic missile launches and a denial of any communication with Washington, while Trump says he will meet Kim Jong-un later this year.
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The US president previously slammed the joint drills as “provocative” in 2018 following a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
President said he was ‘not happy’ with plans for large-scale joint exercises he described as ‘inappropriate and hostile’. Plus, how five obscure horses have ended up at the center of a transatlantic betting mystery Good morning. Donald Trump has said he is scaling back joint US military drills with South Korea aimed at deterring North Korea, despite military officials from both countries warning that Kim Jong-un’s r…
President orders Pentagon to scale back ‘inappropriate and hostile’ exercises with South Korea Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. US president Donald Trump said he ordered the Pentagon to scale back “inappropriate and hostile” military drills with South Korea, hours before the exercises began on Monday. Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating Donald Trump’s chief of staff, the Guardia…
President says he ‘gets along great’ with dictator but US officials say Ukraine war is boosting North’s capabilities Donald Trump has said he is scaling back joint US military drills with South Korea aimed at deterring North Korea, despite military officials from both countries warning that Kim Jong-un’s regime is learning new battlefield tactics from the Ukraine war. The drills under Ulchi Freedom Shield, one of tw…
NPR – World President Trump explained the decision by saying South Korea had declined to help with the "denuclearization" of Iran and he cited his good relationship with North Korea's leader.
BBC News – World Trump cites his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader in deciding to downsize the exercises.
NYTimes – US In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.
Sky News – World Joint US military exercises with South Korea will be downscaled, Donald Trump says, as they are "hostile" and too expensive.
Sky News – World U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Russian officials in Moscow and plan to travel to Kyiv as part of President Donald Trump's push to revive peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. The newest report says they left Moscow hoping for "equally productive meetings" in Ukraine. Russia announced a three-day pause in strikes on Kyiv amid the diplomatic push, while strikes on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region killed four overnight, according to local authorities.
NYTimes – World U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers after Iran launched ballistic missiles at two American Navy warships near the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. Central Command. Iranian state media earlier reported a U.S. missile hit an Iranian tanker near Kharg Island, which the U.S. military had not confirmed at the time. The exchange marks renewed hostilities over shipping in the Gulf.
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