Trump cuts military drills with South Korea citing ‘very good relationship’ with Kim Jong-un – US politics live
“The North will only view it as meaningful if the joint exercises are cancelled in their entirety rather than scaled back. The UK prime minister was in contact with an unknown individual pretending to be the senior White House aide Susie Wiles before concerns were raised about the incident. No messages of significance were sent and the suspicious activity was quickly reported to the appropriate authorities, it is understood.
- ▪“The North will only view it as meaningful if the joint exercises are cancelled in their entirety rather than scaled back.
- ▪The UK prime minister was in contact with an unknown individual pretending to be the senior White House aide Susie Wiles before concerns were raised about the incident.
- ▪No messages of significance were sent and the suspicious activity was quickly reported to the appropriate authorities, it is understood.
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05.51 EDTTrump orders Pentagon to cut back military exercises with South KoreaHello 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.The drills under Ulchi Freedom Shield, one of two major annual exercises held by South Korea and the US, start on Monday and run until 27 August.They were expected to involve about 18,000 South Korean troops, alongside US forces and personnel from 11 of the 18 member states of the United Nations Command (UNC), the multinational body that oversees the 1953 armistice that halted hostilities of the Korean war.However, on Sunday evening, the US president said he was “not happy” with US participation…
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