US President Trump said on the 16th that he has asked the Department of Defense to drastically reduce the scale of joint military exercises between the US and South Korea. Trump posted on social media that these military exercises were “extremely expensive,” a large part of which was borne by the US, and at the same time sent a “completely inappropriate and hostile signal” to North Korea. Trump said that considering that he has a “very good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, he is “unhappy that the US agreed to participate in joint military exercises with South Korea a long time ago.” He said that since it is too late to cancel military exercises, he has instructed the Ministry of Defense to “drastically reduce” the scale of joint military exercises between the US and South Korea. At the end of his post, Trump pointed out that he recently asked South Korea to work with the US to promote “Iran's denuclearization,” but South Korea rejected it.

US President Trump said on the 16th that he has asked the Department of Defense to drastically reduce the scale of joint military exercises between the US and South Korea. Trump posted on social media that these military exercises were “extremely expensive,” a large part of which was borne by the US, and at the same time sent a “completely inappropriate and hostile signal” to North Korea. Trump said that considering that he has a “very good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, he is “unhappy that the US agreed to participate in joint military exercises with South Korea a long time ago.” He said that since it is too late to cancel military exercises, he has instructed the Ministry of Defense to “drastically reduce” the scale of joint military exercises between the US and South Korea. At the end of his post, Trump pointed out that he recently asked South Korea to work with the US to promote “Iran's denuclearization,” but South Korea rejected it.