{"id":4509,"date":"2026-08-17T04:09:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4509"},"modified":"2026-08-17T04:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:09:32","slug":"trump-orders-us-to-substantially-reduce-joint-military-exercises-citing-unthreatening-and-respectful-foe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4509","title":{"rendered":"Trump Orders US To \u2018Substantially Reduce\u2019 Joint Military Exercises, Citing \u2018Unthreatening And Respectful\u2019 Foe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump has ordered a sharp cutback to the long-running military drills the United States conducts alongside South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4507\">Hakeem Jeffries Punts On Adopting Socialist Agenda As New Polling Shows Dems Embracing It Over Capitalism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Republican president announced the decision Sunday in a Truth Social post, directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to \u201csubstantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises!\u201d Trump said the timing left no room to scrap the drills outright, writing that \u201cit is too late to cancel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exercises in question are the Ulchi Freedom Shield drills, which were scheduled to start Monday and run for 10 days, according to CNN. The Hill reported that the drills happen every year on a large scale during spring and summer to sharpen the U.S.-South Korea alliance and its readiness against regional threats.<\/p>\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/117107215379637520\/embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Trump tied the order to his rapport with North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un and cast the drills as a needless provocation. \u201cThese exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), 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,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump recounted that Seoul had turned down a request to back the U.S. effort against Tehran, writing, \u201cWhile somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, \u2018No thanks!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4505\">Newly Minted Attorney General Todd Blanche Refuses NBC Host\u2019s Pledge To \u2018Always Act Independently\u2019 Of White House<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Trump floated suspending the drills in 2018 after meeting Kim in Singapore, according to The Hill. He framed the pause as a way to spare the country a large expense.<\/p>\n<p>Trump met Kim three times during that first term, including sit-downs in Singapore and Hanoi, but the two have not met since he returned to office, Newsweek reported. Analysts told the outlet that Kim\u2019s deepening ties to Moscow and Beijing have handed him greater leverage on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Trump posted a photo of himself with the North Korean leader. \u201cDespite the unfriendly look on this particular picture, there are many where we\u2019re smiling, Kim Jong Un and I get along GREAT!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4503\">Conservative Inc Reportedly Donates Tens Of Millions For Mike Pence To Conjure Illusion Of America\u2019s \u2018Free-Market Capitalism\u2019 For Youth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump directed Pentagon to substantially reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his relationship with Kim Jong Un and drill costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,1266,184],"class_list":["post-4509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-donald-trump","tag-south-korea","tag-u-s-military"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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