# Trump orders US to scale down military drills with South Korea

https://mins.news/en/item/23684

- TASS, 2026-08-16 21:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2173939

> President Donald Trump said the US would substantially reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, arguing that they send a “totally inappropriate and hostile” signal to North Korea. He said he had instructed War Secretary Pete Hegseth to cut the drills and cited his “very good relationship” with Kim Jong Un.

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