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US-South Korea drills scaled back

President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea, calling the drills "hostile" and too expensive. He said South Korea had declined to help with the "denuclearization" of Iran and cited his "very good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump previously criticized the exercises as provocative after his 2018 Singapore summit with Kim.

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Trump orders scaled-back military drills with South Korea

President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea, calling the drills "hostile" and too expensive. He said South Korea had declined to help with the "denuclearization" of Iran and cited his "very good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump previously criticized the exercises as provocative after his 2018 Singapore summit with Kim.

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