Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea after he says it declined to help denuclearize Iran

US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said South Korea declined to help denuclearise Iran. Trump said in a social media post that the exercises scheduled to begin this week are costly and “send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile” to North Korea, which he said “has been unthreatening and respectful” while Trump has been in the White House. and South Korean forces were set to practise joint operations, but Trump’s comment followed his claim that South Korea refused to help in denuclearising Iran

President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said South Korea declined to help denuclearize Iran Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea after he says it declined to help denuclearize Iran President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said South Korea declined to help denuclearize Iran.

Trump said in a social media post that the exercises slated to begin this week are costly and "send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile" to North Korea, which he said "has been unthreatening and respectful" while Trump has been in the White House. President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea after he says it declined to help denuclearize Iran. The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military drills between the US and South Korea are scheduled to run from Aug 17 to 27.

(EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: US president Donald Trump said on Sunday he had instructed the Pentagon to substantially reduce joint military exercises with South Korea in a social media post that also mentions Seoul's refusal to take part in actions against Iran.Trump said in a post on his Truth Social site that, although it was too late to cancel the exercises entirely, he was "not happy" that the United States had previously agreed to participate. The US president also cited his "very good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un."These exercises are not only costly... but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a country that, as long as Donald J.

Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful," he wrote.Trump also pointed to South Korea's stance on the US-Israeli conflict with Iran."While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the president of South Korea if they would like to join us in the denuclearisation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, 'No thanks!'" Trump wrote.The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military drills are scheduled to run from Aug 17 to 27. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said it declined to help denuclearize Iran. “Therefore, and based on the fact that it is too late to cancel, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises!” Trump wrote.

Trump added that he recently asked South Korea’s president to join the U.S. in its efforts to denuclearize Iran, “and they said, ‘No thanks!’” The 11 days of exercises involving 18,000 South Korean soldiers were designed to beef up readiness against North Korean threats. North Korea on Friday threatened unspecified stern steps against the U.S.