Trump cuts US-South Korea military drills citing ‘good relationship with Kim Jong-un’ | First Thing
Photograph: Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenDonald Trump and Kim Jong-un in 2019. Plus, how five obscure horses have ended up at the center of a transatlantic betting mysteryMartin BelamMon 17 Aug 2026 07.04 EDTLast modified on Mon 17 Aug 2026 07.18 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleGood morning. He added that the drills were costly and “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”.
- ▪Photograph: Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenDonald Trump and Kim Jong-un in 2019.
- ▪Plus, how five obscure horses have ended up at the center of a transatlantic betting mysteryMartin BelamMon 17 Aug 2026 07.04 EDTLast modified on Mon 17 Aug 2026 07.18 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleGood morning.
- ▪He added that the drills were costly and “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”.
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in 2019. Photograph: Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenDonald Trump and Kim Jong-un in 2019. Photograph: Getty ImagesFirst Thing newsletterUS newsFirst Thing: Trump cuts US-South Korea military drills citing ‘good relationship with Kim Jong-un’President said he was ‘not happy’ with plans for large-scale joint exercises he described as ‘inappropriate and hostile’. Plus, how five obscure horses have ended up at the center of a transatlantic betting mysteryMartin BelamMon 17 Aug 2026 07.04 EDTLast modified on Mon 17 Aug 2026 07.18 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleGood morning.
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