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President Donald Trump on Sunday instructed the Pentagon to, quote
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substantially reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, citing the cost of the drills and Seoul's refusal to take part in actions against Iran
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Hours before exercises were scheduled to begin, Trump said on his Truth Social site
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he was, quote, not happy that the U.S. had agreed to participate in the exercise
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and highlighted his relationship with Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea
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These exercises are not only costly, but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile
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to a country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been president, has been unthreatening and
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respectful, Trump wrote. The annual joint military exercises are scheduled to run until August 27th
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with about 18,000 South Korean military personnel participating. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff told Reuters the drills started on Monday as scheduled
