U.S. to end large-scale military drills with South Korea
Source: NBC News
The U.S. military is preparing to announce that annual large-scale joint exercises conducted with South Korea every spring will no longer be held, according to two U.S. defense officials.
The major U.S.-South Korea exercises are being curtailed as part of the Trump administration's effort to ease tensions with North Korea, the officials said. The exercises known as Key Resolve and Foal Eagle will be replaced with smaller, mission-specific training, according to the officials.
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has repeatedly complained about the large-scale exercises, saying they're too costly and the U.S. bears too much of the financial burden.
The military has carried out the major exercises as much for deterring the North Korean regime as maintaining troop readiness, according to senior defense officials.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/u-s-end-large-scale-military-drills-south-korea-n978111
murielm99
(30,749 posts)You weaken us further. 2020 cannot come soon enough.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Gets nothing but gives up more. I'm tired of this puppet doing this.
bluestarone
(16,990 posts)Make America weaker!
neohippie
(1,142 posts)I guess this is another example of Trump's deal making. . .
We are giving NK concessions without getting anything in return except making China and Putin happy
CDerekGo
(507 posts)How much of a kickback is tRump getting for cancelling these Military Exercises?
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)The republicans are doing their damndest to weaken America and our allies. Deplorable. And dangerous.
dalton99a
(81,534 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)nads,,,?? giving away all our leverage!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Trump must go as quickly as possible. This is getting too dangerous.
rurallib
(62,431 posts)Bet they are feeling good in Seoul tonight.
Botany
(70,533 posts)He is a Russian agent. What part of that do you not get?
FailureToCommunicate
(14,016 posts)soryang
(3,299 posts)and we'll be right back where we were in 2017
kairos12
(12,862 posts)pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)kairos12
(12,862 posts)Javaman
(62,531 posts)how long after that does kim invade?
bringthePaine
(1,729 posts)anyone else think a plan is afoot to drop the newly-free-$
into a building plan on our own southern border? just askin'
for a couple hundred million friends...