# Trump calls North Korea ‘unthreatening’ after scaling back South Korea drills

https://mins.news/en/video/24695

- BBC News, 2026-08-18 02:43 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMa6fvTV_L0

> US President Donald Trump is highlighting his relationship with North Korea after ordering a reduction in annual joint military exercises with South Korea. He called the drills “totally inappropriate and hostile” towards North Korea, which he described as “unthreatening and respectful”, and said he disliked them because of his “very good relationship” with Kim Jong Un.

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