{"id":5398,"date":"2026-08-16T22:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5398"},"modified":"2026-08-16T22:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:09:52","slug":"u-s-to-trim-military-exercises-with-south-korea-after-trump-says-seoul-declined-to-help-on-iran-while-the-north-is-unthreatening-and-respectful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5398","title":{"rendered":"U.S. to trim military exercises with South Korea after Trump says Seoul declined to help on Iran while the North is \u2018unthreatening and respectful\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Trump said in a social media post that the exercises slated to begin this week are costly and \u201csend a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile\u201d to North Korea, which he said \u201chas been unthreatening and respectful\u201d while Trump has been in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5396\">Earnings from Walmart and other top retailers will give investors more clues on the housing market and how consumers are grappling with inflation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, and based on the fact that it is too late to cancel, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 11 days of exercises\u00a0involving 18,000 South Korean soldiers\u00a0were designed to beef up readiness against North Korean threats.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. and South Korean forces were expected to practice joint operations in complex scenarios, including a live-fire exercise to test joint precision targeting and maneuver, a wet gap crossing, and distribution of prepositioned military equipment, according to the U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, Trump posted a photo of himself standing next to North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un, writing that the two leaders get along great \u201cdespite the unfriendly look on this particular picture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5394\">Owning the Lakers would provide billionaire investor Joshua Kushner with an iconic sports franchise \u2014 and a \u2018powerful tax shield\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Korea\u2019s Foreign Ministry has called the U.S.-South Korean training \u201ca rehearsal for an aggressive war\u201d that is triggering a different level of instability in the region.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump met with the reclusive North Korean leader three times during his first term to discuss the country\u2019s nuclear program, most recently in 2019. 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