President Trump had ordered the Defense Department to reduce joint exercises with the key U.S. ally, declaring the drills “hostile” toward North Korea.
NYTimes – US Lee Jae Myung has long pushed for stronger homegrown defences, yet Donald Trump’s move has sparked alarm in some quarters At their first summit , in August last year, the South Korean president, Lee Jae Myung, told Donald Trump: “If you, Mr President, become the peacemaker, then I will assist you as the pacemaker.” The remark at the Oval Office captured the thrust of Lee’s approach to North Korea: dial down the mili…
President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to reduce joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, calling them “hostile” toward North Korea; South Korea’s joint chiefs confirmed the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise will end six days early at the U.S. request, and the move has strained the alliance.
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NYTimes – US Lee Jae Myung has long pushed for stronger homegrown defences, yet Donald Trump’s move has sparked alarm in some quarters At their first summit , in August last year, the South Korean president, Lee Jae Myung, told Donald Trump: “If you, Mr President, become the peacemaker, then I will assist you as the pacemaker.” The remark at the Oval Office captured the thrust of Lee’s approach to North Korea: dial down the mili…
South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise would end on 21 August at the request of the US Analysis: In cutting joint drills, Trump has given South Korea’s president what he wants. So why does Seoul look so uneasy? South Korea’s military has confirmed that joint military drills with the US will be cut short, days after Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back the exercises. In…
NYTimes – US Progressive state representative Angie Nixon won the Democratic primary for Florida's U.S. Senate seat, defeating former army intelligence officer Alexander Vindman in an upset, according to Associated Press projections. She will face Republican incumbent Ashley Moody in November. The cluster also includes a profile of Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola, which is unrelated to the Florida race.
NPR – US Hurricane Lala skirted Hawaii over the weekend, weakening to a tropical storm without making direct landfall, but its outer bands brought flash flooding, mudslides, power outages and road closures to the Big Island. At least 100 homes were damaged or lost, one community was trapped after its road washed away, and residents have begun returning to survey the destruction.
NYTimes – US Byron Donalds, a Trump-backed Republican congressman, won the Republican nomination for Florida governor, while former Republican congressman David Jolly secured the Democratic nomination. Donalds aims to succeed Ron DeSantis and would become Florida's first Black governor. Jolly plans to appeal to voters disaffected with Trump and run on an affordability agenda.
