Trump scales back joint exercises with South Korea

US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back the annual joint military exercises with South Korea.

He cited South Korea's refusal to aid the US and Israel in their war with Iran, and his close relationship with the DPRK's leader Kim Jong Un.

"Based on the fact that it is too late to cancel," Trump wrote on social media, "I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises!”

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